2010 · United Launch Alliance

SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

successAtlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

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

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

SDO

GEO