SOHO spacecraft
SOHO is the joint ESA-NASA solar observatory built to study the Sun from its deep interior through the corona and solar wind. The Matra Marconi Space-led spacecraft operates around Sun-Earth L1, combining uninterrupted solar viewing with a long-running record used for heliophysics and space-weather monitoring.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft
- Family Name
- SOHO
- Full Name
- SOHO spacecraft
- Roles
- observatoryorbiterresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- SOHO is the joint ESA-NASA solar observatory built to study the Sun from its deep interior through the corona and solar wind. The Matra Marconi Space-led spacecraft operates around Sun-Earth L1, combining uninterrupted solar viewing with a long-running record used for heliophysics and space-weather monitoring.
- First Flight Year
- 1,995
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Propulsion System
- Role
- maneuvering
- Stage
- spacecraft
- Variant Notes
- One integrated blowdown monopropellant hydrazine system with sixteen 4.5 N thrusters in two branches of eight for delta-V, stationkeeping, momentum management, and roll, yaw, and pitch control.
- Name
- SOHO sixteen-thruster hydrazine propulsion installation
- Notes
- NASA technical documentation describes SOHO as a single-tank monopropellant blowdown system with two branches of eight 4.5 N hydrazine thrusters. The system provides delta-V and roll, yaw, and pitch control for the Sun-Earth L1 observatory.
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 1,864
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 10:38:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:33:46 UTC