STEREO twin solar observatory spacecraft
STEREO is NASA's paired solar-observatory spacecraft design. Its two nearly identical observatories fly in heliocentric orbits ahead of and behind Earth to provide stereoscopic views of the Sun, coronal mass ejections, and the heliosphere.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Solar TErrestrial RElations ObservatorySTEREO A/BSTEREO twin observatories
- Family Name
- STEREO
- Full Name
- STEREO twin solar observatory spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatory
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- STEREO is NASA's paired solar-observatory spacecraft design. Its two nearly identical observatories fly in heliocentric orbits ahead of and behind Earth to provide stereoscopic views of the Sun, coronal mass ejections, and the heliosphere.
- Dimensions
- Height M
- 1.1
- Length M
- 2
- Width M
- 1.2
- First Flight Year
- 2,006
- Last Flight Year
- 2,006
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 620
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/stereo/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 07:39:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 07:39:30 UTC
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