据中国空间技术研究院透露，中国科学家将于２００５年左右把中国第一台空间太阳望远镜送入太阳同步圆轨道，以观测获取太阳光球、大气结构等重要参数。这台空间太阳望远镜有中国“哈勃之称，为目前世界上已知的最大的热光学望远镜。其口径为１米，配有专门观测X射线的望远镜组 According to the China Academy of Space Technology, Chinese scientists will send the first Chinese space telescope to the solar synchronous orbit around 2005 to observe and obtain important parameters such as the solar sphere and the atmospheric structure. The space telescope has the name of China, "Hubble, known as the world’s largest thermal optical telescope. Its diameter is 1 meters, with a special observing X-ray telescope group