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SOHO - NASA Satellite

SOHO is the longest-lived Sun-watching satellite to date. Numerous mission extensions have enabled the spacecraft to observe two 11-year solar cycles and to discover thousands of comets.

SOHO Mission Information

Mission Details

NameSOHO
Mission InfoSolar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite
Launch DateDecember 02, 1995
Mission TypeUnmanned
TypeSatellite
Launch VehicleAtlas Centaur IIAS
Launch SiteKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 36B, Florida
CollaborationEuropean Space Agency (ESA)

Satellite Details

ApplicationSun-Earth L1 Lagrange Point
Scientific InstrumentCoronal Diagnostic Spectrometer, Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope, Ultraviolet Coronograph Spectrometer, Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronograph, Solar Wind Anisotropies Experiment, Comprehensive Suprathermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer, Global
Mass4109 Pounds (1864 Kg)

Space Organization Details

CountryUnited States
ContinentNorth America
OrganizationNASA
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