2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent
Hinode
Solar magnetic-field and corona mission.
Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2005
- Lead / partner
- Japan / United States / United Kingdom / ESA
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Solar observatory
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- H-IIA 202
- Mass
- 310 kg
- Orbit / trajectory
- Heliocentric orbit
Why it happened
Hinode flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of Japan / United States / United Kingdom / ESA's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Solar magnetic-field and corona mission.
Results
Solar magnetic-field and corona mission.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog