Solar Orbiter — archive:solar-orbiter
launch attemptArchive-qualified launchcompleted
Solar Orbiter — archive:solar-orbiter was an archive-qualified launch conducted on February 9, 2020 from an unresolved launch site using Solar Orbiter spacecraft, carrying 4 recorded payload entries. The recorded outcome was success or operational; the census identity distinguishes this attempt from flights that may share a mission name or launch date.
- Launch class
- Archive-qualified launch
- Launch date
- February 9, 2020
- Relationships
- 6
- Sources
- 2
Historical and technical context
Why this launch belongs in the archive
Existing mission record has a dated physical launch and qualified sources but did not meet the deterministic GCAT identity match threshold. This launch is retained as its own historical attempt so its date, vehicle, origin, operator, trajectory, payload, and outcome can be followed without collapsing it into a program total.
Solar Orbiter — archive:solar-orbiter used Solar Orbiter spacecraft from an unresolved launch site. The technical record includes the Elliptical heliocentric orbit approaching within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of the Sun profile. 4 payload entries are connected to the launch manifest.
At a glance
Launch facts
- Launch class
- Archive-qualified launch
- Launch date
- February 9, 2020
- Vehicle
- Solar Orbiter spacecraft
- Outcome
- success or operational
- Launch site
- an unresolved launch site
- Destination / profile
- Elliptical heliocentric orbit approaching within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of the Sun
- Payload entries
- 4
Payload manifest
Solar Orbiter spacecraft
Catalog identifiers held
Atlas V 411
Catalog identifiers held
Ten instruments: six remote-sensing imagers and spectrographs plus four in-situ suites for magnetic fields, plasma, energetic particles, and radio waves
Catalog identifiers held
Elliptical heliocentric orbit approaching within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of the Sun
Catalog identifiers held
Archive relationships
Named records, programs, and organizations connected to this archive identity.
- Solar OrbiterConnected mission dossier
- Solar Orbiter spacecraftPayload manifest entry
- Atlas V 411Payload manifest entry
- Ten instruments: six remote-sensing imagers and spectrographs plus four in-situ suites for magnetic fields, plasma, energetic particles, and radio wavesPayload manifest entry
- Elliptical heliocentric orbit approaching within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of the SunPayload manifest entry
- Solar Orbiter: ObservatoryArchive-native payload or instrument record
- Solar Orbiter: Launch vehicleArchive-native payload or instrument record
- Solar Orbiter: Science payloadArchive-native payload or instrument record
- Solar Orbiter: Operating regionArchive-native payload or instrument record
Sources
Original references supporting this record. Each source opens on its publisher’s website.