Heliospheric orbit with perihelia ranging from 0.28 to 0.38 AU andĪphelia from 0.73 to 0.92 AU. Vehicle) that will place the Solar Orbiter spacecraft into an inner
NASA is providing an EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch The instruments onto the bus, mission operations, and overall science In the literature, ESA is providing the spacecraft bus, integration of NASA-ESA MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) for a Solar Orbiter missionįor Solar Orbiter, also referred to as SolO Inner solar system and, more broadly, generates the heliosphere itself,Īnd how fundamental plasma physical processes operate near the Sun. The understanding of how the Sun determines the environment of the Have a mutual interest in exploring the near-Sun environment to improve Implementation on Octowith a launch scheduled for 2017. Science Program Committee selected the Solar Orbiter mission for This has resulted in a mature,ĭetailed design that satisfies the requirements placed on the missionīy the science objectives and addresses the key risk areas. Has undergone extensive study over a period of more than 10 years, both The Solar Orbiter mission of ESA and the SPP (Solar Probe Plus) mission of NASA (launch scheduled for 2018) are part of the common GHO (Great Heliophysics Observatory) program. Re-confirmed as part of the ESA program in 2003. Initially selected by ESA's Science Program Committee in Oct. Solar Orbiter is part of the ESA's Science Missions) to explore the inner regions of the sun and the heliosphereįrom a near-sun orbit. Of ESA (in the footsteps of Helios, Ulysses, SOHO and the Cluster Spacecraft Launch Mission Status Sensor Complement References
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