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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution: China, after successfully integrating its under-construction space station and approving the next phase of its lunar missions, has launched a new satellite that will look into the sun and unravel its secrets.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) was launched onboard a Long March-2D rocket. Nicknamed Kuafu-1, after a giant in Chinese mythology who chased the sun, the observatory has been placed in an orbit about 720 kilometers above the planet, higher than the orbit of the International Space Station.

Detailed explanation-3: -China launched its ASO-S spacecraft, nicknamed Kuafu-1, China launched the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), nicknamed Kuafu-1 in Chinese at 7.43 AM Beijing time (5.13 AM IST) on October 9, according to Chinese state-run media outlet Xinhua.

Detailed explanation-4: -On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tianwen-1 (TW-1; simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; lit. Heavenly Questions) is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of 6 spacecraft: an orbiter, two deployable cameras, lander, remote camera, and the Zhurong rover.