Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)
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…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLAR ORBITER 2020-010A | Payload | orbits the Sun | |
| ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B 2020-010B | Rocket body | orbits the Sun |
COSPAR ID 2020-010 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).
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