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Solar Orbiter
Solar Orbiter is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the ESA Plan program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Solar Orbiter is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the ESA Plan program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2020-010; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 10 February 2020, 04:03 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 411
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the Solar Orbiter mission on Monday, February 10, 2020 at 4:03 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- Vehicle
- Atlas V
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2020-010
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Feb 10, 2020, 04:03 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Feb 10 2020
- Pad and location
- SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Clear Temp: 66.98F Wind: 16.87mph
- Temperature
- 66°F
- Forecast updated
- Feb 10, 2020, 00:00 UTC
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Launch media
Trajectory
Mission timeline
Interactive playback
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
Solar Orbiter
GCAT program: ESA Plan.
- GCAT ID
- S45167
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defense and Space (UK)
- Launch mass
- 1,800 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.1 m long · 2.4 m diameter · 18 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Solar Orbiter.
Verification
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