Solar orbiter: Mission to study the sun

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Murray L.
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Engineering and Technology | 2021年 / 16卷 / 03期
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10.1049/et.2021.0305
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Designing a spacecraft that can image the Sun as closely as possible without melting the delicate instruments has been a challenge. But scientists’ luck could be about to change. LAUNCHED IN February 2020 from Cape Canaveral, a 1.7-tonne spacecraft called the Solar Orbiter aims to get up-close images of the Sun from 42 million kilometres away, while measuring its energetic behaviour in real-time.
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