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Vigil Deep-Space Space Weather Observatory

ESA’s Vigil is a development-stage deep-space space-weather observatory planned for launch in 2031 to monitor solar activity continuously from the Sun–Earth L5 Lagrange point and provide earlier warnings of hazardous solar storms.

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Vigil
Full Name
Vigil Deep-Space Space Weather Observatory
Roles
observatory
Status
development
Type
spacecraft

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ESA’s Vigil is a development-stage deep-space space-weather observatory planned for launch in 2031 to monitor solar activity continuously from the Sun–Earth L5 Lagrange point and provide earlier warnings of hazardous solar storms.

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August 13, 2026 at 00:49:10 UTC
Updated Time
August 13, 2026 at 00:49:10 UTC
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