Atlas V 411 | Solar Orbiter

Mission

Heliophysics · Helio-N/A

Solar Orbiter is a joint ESA/NASA mission dedicated to solar and heliospheric physics. It will be used to examine how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the vast bubble of charged particles blown by the solar wind into the interstellar medium. The spacecraft will combine in situ and…

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In the news

• Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks ESA, 8 Oct 2026

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