Chinese space mission suspended for lack of funding
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028392
Science : China’s proposed KuaFu solar wind observatory has been put on hold indefinitely due to loss of funding and support from its international partners. Both the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency had been collaborating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on the mission to put three satellites in orbit to forecast space weather. Although China has successfully launched more than 100 satellites, KuaFu would have been only the second dedicated to science research. Despite attempts to scale the project down to a single satellite, the CAS has also withdrawn its support in light of the fact that KuaFu is no longer a major international collaboration.
