by APOD Robot » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:06 am
Launch of the Solar Orbiter
Explanation: How does weather on the Sun affect humanity? To help find out, the
European Space Agency (ESA) and
NASA have just launched the
Solar Orbiter. This Sun-circling robotic spaceship will monitor the Sun's changing light,
solar wind, and
magnetic field not only from the usual perspective of Earth but also from above and below the Sun.
Pictured, a long duration exposure of the
launch of the
Solar Orbiter shows the graceful arc of the bright engines of
United Launch Alliance's
Atlas V rocket as they
lifted the satellite off the
Earth. Over the next few years, the
Solar Orbiter will use the
gravity of Earth and Venus to
veer out of the
plane of the planets and closer to the
Sun than Mercury.
Violent weather on the Sun, including
solar flares and
coronal mass ejections, has shown the ability to
interfere with power grids on the Earth and
communications satellites in Earth orbit. The Solar Orbiter is expected to coordinate observations with the also Sun-orbiting
Parker Solar
Probe launched in 2018.
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