Solar Orbiter
Solar Orbiter is an active ESA-NASA mission to connect remote observations of the Sun with in-situ measurements of the solar wind and magnetic environment, including the first views of the solar poles from outside the ecliptic plane.
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Identity
- Aliases
- SolOSolar Orbiter mission
- Name
- Solar Orbiter
- Status
- active
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- Solar Orbiter is an active ESA-NASA mission to connect remote observations of the Sun with in-situ measurements of the solar wind and magnetic environment, including the first views of the solar poles from outside the ecliptic plane.
- Destination
- Heliocentric elliptical orbit reaching approximately 0.28 AU perihelion and above 30° heliographic latitude during extended operations for close-up solar and solar-wind observations
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Solar Orbiter is returning close-up solar observations and progressively higher-latitude views of the Sun while continuing its extended science mission.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2020-02-10
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/solar-orbiter/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 23:15:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 07:52:36 UTC
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- Space Stations
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