2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
Solar Orbiter
Studies the Sun and heliosphere, including high-latitude solar views.
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- Launch
- year known only: 2021
- Lead / partner
- ESA / NASA
- Target
- Sun
- Category
- Solar observatory
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Atlas V 411
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Elliptic orbit
- Duration
- 7 years (nominal) + 3 years (extended) Elapsed:
Why it happened
Solar Orbiter flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of ESA / NASA's work toward sun. 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: Studies the Sun and heliosphere, including high-latitude solar views.
Results
Studies the Sun and heliosphere, including high-latitude solar views.
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Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog