Solar Orbiter Spacecraft

Solar Orbiter Spacecraft: Recently, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft captured the first-ever images of the Sun’s south pole, offering new insights into the complex and dynamic behavior of our star.

• About Solar Orbiter Spacecraft(Mission): A Sun-observing satellite equipped with 10 advanced scientific instruments aimed at providing a deeper understanding of how the Sun functions.

o Purpose: To study the Sun, explore the inner heliosphere and to observe the Sun’s polar regions .

o Collaboration: A joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA (Launched on February 10, 2020)

o Scientific Instruments: Six remote-sensing instruments to observe the Sun and corona

- Four in-situ instruments to measure solar wind, electromagnetic fields, and energetic particles