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Solar Orbiter

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The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a Sun-observing probe developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a NASA contribution. Solar Orbiter, designed to obtain detailed measurements of the inner heliosphere and the nascent solar wind, also performs close observations of the polar regions of the Sun which is difficult to do from Earth. These observations are important in investigating how the Sun creates and controls its heliosphere. Solar Orbiter makes observations of the Sun from...

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The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a Sun-observing probe developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a NASA contribution. Solar Orbiter, designed to obtain detailed measurements of the inner heliosphere and the nascent solar wind, also performs close observations of the polar regions of the Sun which is difficult to do from Earth. These observations are important in investigating how the Sun creates and controls its heliosphere. Solar Orbiter makes observations of the Sun from...

Hero image for Solar Orbiter — Pictured·Heise·After flyby of Venus: Solar Orbiter leaves orbital plane of the solar system

2026

A magnetic avalanche as the central engine powering a solar flare15 Jun 2026

2025

First coordinated observations between Solar Orbiter and the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope1 Sep 2025

CoSEE-Cat: A Comprehensive Solar Energetic Electron event Catalogue obtained from combined in situ and remote-sensing observations from Solar Orbiter - Catalogue description and first statistical results1 Sep 2025

Near-continuous tracking of solar active region NOAA 13664 over three solar rotations15 Jun 2025

Supergranulation and Poleward Migration of the Magnetic Field at High Latitudes of the Sun15 Jun 2025

太阳抵近探测：穿越火海的科学之旅9 May 2025

After flyby of Venus: Solar Orbiter leaves orbital plane of the solar system20 Feb 2025

2023

Coronal Heating Rate in the Slow Solar Wind+ 1 event1 Sep 2023

2022

Connecting Solar Orbiter remote-sensing observations and Parker Solar Probe in situ measurements with a numerical MHD reconstruction of the Parker spiral+ 1 event15 Dec 2022

Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Catches a Second Comet by the Tail27 Jan 2022

2021

BepiColombo, Solar Orbiter collect data on Venus during historic double flyby29 Aug 2021

Solar Orbiter: Mission and spacecraft design1 Feb 2021

2020

The Solar Orbiter Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) suite15 Oct 2020

Ke Slunci míří unikátní sonda. Česko na ní ukazuje, že se vesmíru nebojí2 Oct 2020

The Solar Orbiter mission - Science overview1 Oct 2020

Solar Orbiter's first images reveal 'campfires' on the Sun16 Jul 2020

Solar Orbiter (SolO)12 Jun 2020

Solar Orbiter to pass through the tails of Comet ATLAS29 May 2020

ESA'S Solar Orbiter set for unexpected rendezvous with Comet ATLAS29 May 2020

Solar orbiter a její cesta ke Slunci2 Mar 2020

Atlas launches Solar Orbiter mission10 Feb 2020

ESA's Solar Orbiter launched successfully10 Feb 2020

GMS: Solar Orbiter's OrbitGOV27 Jan 2020

Solar Orbiter Instruments22 Jan 2020

2019

SPICE on Solar Orbiter official website12 Nov 2019

NASA is launching Solar Orbiter Spacecraft17 Oct 2019

Solar Orbiter - Objectives1 Sep 2019

2018

Solar Orbiter: Spacecraft to leave UK bound for the Sun18 Sep 2018

ESA Science & Technology: Summar28 Feb 2018

2017

Europe's Solar Orbiter on track for 2019 launch28 Aug 2017

Solar Orbiter - mise ke Slunci s českou účastí19 Jun 2017

Solar Probe Plus: The Mission+ 1 event12 Jun 2017

2015

ESA Science & Technology: Mission Operations13 Apr 2015

2014

Solar Orbiter's shield takes Sun's heat15 Jun 2014

NASA Selects United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket to Launch Solar Orbiter Mission18 Mar 2014

2013

Solar Orbiter Exploring the Sun–Heliosphere Connection12 Jun 2013

2012

MPS: PHI: Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager16 May 2012

UK industry to build Solar Orbiter satellite26 Apr 2012

ESA contracts Astrium UK to build Solar Orbiter15 Apr 2012

2011

Solar Orbiter: Mission summary4 Oct 2011

Dark and bright: ESA chooses next two science missions4 Oct 2011

Solar Orbiter definition study report (Red Book)25 Jul 2011

2009

Solar Orbiter - Exploring the Sun-Earth Connections1 Dec 2009

2008

Report to the 37th COSPAR Meeting: Solar Orbiter Section13 Jul 2008

Undated

ESA Science & Technology – Spacecraft

Solar Orbiter Mission

Solar Orbiter factsheet

ESA Science & Technology – Instruments

Launch Schedule – Spaceflight Now

NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – DetailsGOV

Kiepenheuer-Institut fuer Sonnenphysik: SolarOrbiter PHI-ISS

Solar Orbiter crosses the Earth-Sun line as it heads for the Sun

Science nugget: Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe jointly take a step forward in understanding coronal heating - Solar Orbiter - Cosmos

ESA Science & Technology - Solar Orbiter top science questions: #1 What drives the solar wind and where does the coronal magnetic field originate from?

ESA Science & Technology - Solar Orbiter top science questions: #2 How do solar transients drive heliospheric variability?

ESA Science & Technology - Solar Orbiter top science questions: #3 How do solar eruptions produce energetic particle radiation that fills the heliosphere?

ESA Science & Technology - Solar Orbiter top science questions: #4 How does the solar dynamo work and drive connections between the Sun and the heliosphere?

ESA Science & Technology – Mission Operations

SPICE - Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment

Metis: the multi-wavelength coronagraph for the Solar Orbiter mission

Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI) – Space Science DivisionGOV

Solar Orbiter: Mission zur Sonne und inneren Heliosphäre

PMOD/WRC -EUI list of institutions involved in project

Solar Orbiter (SolO)

Launch of the Solar Orbiter mission – the largest Czech participation in space project since 1980s – Výzkumné infrastruktury

The Solar Orbiter mission with Czech devices on board takes off into space

Can't stop won't stop: Solar Orbiter shows the Sun raging on+ 1 event

ESA Science & Technology - Solar Orbiter launch moved to 2018

How to get the best view of the Sun

Solar Orbiter perihelia and flybys

PVOL - Planetary Virtual Observatory and Laboratory

Sights and sounds of a Venus flyby+ 1 event

Zooming into the Sun with Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter solves magnetic switchback mystery

A Pair of Sun Probes Just Got Closer to Solving a Solar Enigma+ 1 event

ESA and NASA team up to study solar wind+ 1 event

Active solar region observed for record 94 days

Magnetic Avalanche on the Sun

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun's poles

Double trouble: Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons back to Sun

Sun: First Glimpse of Polar Magnetic Field in Motion

ISRO and ESA jointly organise ISRO-ESA Heliophysics Workshop on Aditya-L1, Solar Orbiter and Proba-3

Solar Orbiter prepares for festive Venus flyby

ESA gets ready for double Venus flyby

Solar Orbiter returns to Earth before starting its main science mission

Coronal mass ejection hits Solar Orbiter before Venus flyby

Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus

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Evropská solární odysea – 1. díl

Solar Orbiter Mission - eoPortal

Solar orbiter ukazuje své možnosti

ESA, NASA’s Solar Orbiter Soon to Launch on Voyage to SunGOV

Atlas V 411 | Solar Orbiter

Europe's Solar Orbiter on track for 2019 launch

Solar Orbiter Launch Takes Solar Science to New HeightsGOV

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Solar Orbiter during thermal-vacuum tests

Por qué necesitamos a Solar Orbiter

Las preguntas que Solar Orbiter debe responder

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太陽観測衛星「ソーラー・オービター」、打ち上げ成功

UK industry to build Solar Orbiter satellite

石器時代の顔料「骨炭」、宇宙時代の探査機で活躍 ESA

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Solar Orbiter's Energetic Particle Detector (EPD)

Space and Atmospheric Physics

La mission Solar Orbiter – LESIA – Observatoire de Paris

Metis Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter launches on historic mission to study the sun's poles

Missão Solar Orbiter prepara-se para descolar em direção ao Sol

Solar Orbiter capta imagem inédita de uma das regiões mais misteriosas e desconhecidas do Sol

Timeline for Selection of M-class Missions

OBJECTIFS SCIENTIFIQUES DE SOLAR ORBITER

Solar orbiter : Science Goals

NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive

ESA/SRE(2011)14

Nyhetsarkiv från forskningsprogrammet i rymdplasmafysik

Європейські вчені спільно з NASA запустять до Сонця космічний зонд

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