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Highlights from the preparation and liftoff of ESA’s Sun-exploring mission Solar Orbiter. Solar Orbiter lofted to space aboard the US Atlas V 411 rocket from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s spaceport in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 04:03 GMT (05:03 CET) on 10 February 2020. An ESA-led mission with strong NASA participation, Solar Orbiter carries a set of ten instruments for imaging the surface of the Sun and studying the environment in its vicinity. The spacecraft will trave

11K views · 647 reactions | ️ Beautiful view from #SolarOrbiter, now travelling in the inner Solar System, looking back and capturing three planets with its Heliospheric Imager camera on 18 November 2020.    We see Venus (left), Mars (lower right) and our home, Earth (lower middle).  https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2021/01/Solar_Orbiter_snaps_Venus_Earth_and_Mars | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

1.4K views · 88 reactions | Solar Orbiter  will study the Sun ☀️ in detail and its effects on the solar system. The spacecraft carries a suite of 10 complementary instruments that will measure the particles, fields and waves of the plasma through which it travels, and at the same time make observations of the Sun's surface and outer atmosphere, the photosphere and corona. | Airbus Space | Facebook