2010 · United Launch Alliance
SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)
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The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which is observing the Sun. SDO is a three-axis stabilized spacecraft, with two solar arrays, and two high-gain antennas, in an inclined geosynchronous orbit around Earth.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 11, 2010 at 03:23 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Mission
- SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)
- Mission type
- Heliophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Enhanced Geostationary Transfer Orbit