ESA-NASA Launch Solar Orbiter Mission

The Solar Orbiter Mission- a joint effort of NASA and European Space Agency (ESA)- was launched on 10th February.

Solar Orbiter Mission

• Solar Orbiter was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, by NASA’s Atlas V 411 rocket.
• Armed with a robust heat shield, it will travel to as close as 26 million miles from the Sun.
• Having ten instruments onboard, it will combine in situ and remote sensing observations to obtain new information about the Sun.
• Dedicated to solar and heliospheric physics, it will focus on four key areas of investigation:
  • (a)The solar wind and the origin of the corona’s magnetic field;
  • (b)Transients (sudden events on ....