The Solar Orbiter mission got underway in 2020 and will operate for 7½ years, with a possible extension for a further 2.4 years. The agency is supplying the RPW instrument in partnership with the LESIA space and astrophysics instrumentation research laboratory at the Observatoire de Paris. CNES is involved in building 6 of Solar Orbiter’s 10 instruments. ESA oversaw development of the satellite, which was launched by NASA. Solar Orbiter is a mission of ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme. Launch date: 10 February 2020, 04:03 UTC: Rocket: Atlas V 411 (AV-087) Launch site: Cape Canaveral, SLC-41: Contractor: United Launch Alliance: Entered service: November 2021 (start of main mission) Orbital parameters Reference system: Heliocentric: Regime: Elliptic orbit: Perihelion altitude: 0.28 au: Aphelion altitude: 0.91 au: Inclination. Launch of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission to study the Sun from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Feb. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. To accomplish this goal, Solar Orbiter will combine in-situ measurements in the satellite’s immediate environment with remote-sensing observations. Solar Orbiter MAG Data Product Description Document MAG MAGNETOMETER INSTRUMENT SOL-MAG-DPDD Issue 2 Revision 0 page 2 of 137 C H A N G E L OG Date Issue Revision Reason for change 1 0 First release 2 0 Release in line with first public release of inflight data. 9, for the launch of the Solar Orbiter mission on an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. February 9, 2020: An Atlas V 411 rocket will launch the Solar Orbiter from SLC-41 atCape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The main aim of these measurements will be to identify the underlying processes driving the solar wind, the stream of particles continuously escaping the Sun. NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), Airbus and United Launch Alliance now are targeting 11:03 p.m. Solar Orbiter will also acquire imagery and data from the Sun’s polar regions and on the side not visible from Earth. From this vantage point, it will be ideally positioned to observe our star at unprecedented resolution (70 km/pixel) and analyse its heliosphere in fine detail. EST at the opening of a two hour launch window Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral. In 2020, the Solar Orbiter satellite departed Earth atop an Atlas V launcher and approach the Sun to within 62 solar radii or 42 million km, closer than any spacecraft has ever been before. The Solar Orbiter launch information is as follows: Launch date: 9 February (EST/CET) Launch window: 9-12 February 2020 Launch site: Cape Canaveral, USA. 9, 2020 Launch Time: Targeted for 11:03 p.m.
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