Planetary Science
STEREO A
OperationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
STEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched in 2006 into orbits around the Sun that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth. This enabled stereoscopic imaging of the Sun and solar phenomena, such as coronal mass ejections.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 26, 2006 at 12:52 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925-10L →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- STEREO A & B
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 620 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-047A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29510
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational