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Solar Orbiter
ESA solar probe. Solar Orbiter was launched on February 10, 2020 aboard a Atlas V 411 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Feb 10, 2020).
COSPAR 2020-010ANORAD 45167European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Solar Orbiter
- Payload designation
- SOLO
- Other names
- NAIF144
- International designator
- 2020-010A
- NORAD catalog number
- 45167
- GCAT identifier
- S45167
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/961
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Plan
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (UK)
- Platform (bus)
- Solo
Launch
- Date
- February 10, 2020 · 04:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-010Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 411
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 241 km
- Inclination
- 32.94°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- February 10, 2020
- Last known active
- Mar 1, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,800 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,600 kg
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 18.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01024
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- November 25, 2021
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · November 28, 2021
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2020 | Earth | Feb 13, 2020 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Dec 26, 2020 | Venus | Dec 28, 2020 | Flyby | HCO |
| Aug 8, 2021 | Venus | Aug 10, 2021 | Flyby | HCO |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Venus | Sep 4, 2022 | Escaped to another body | — |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Venus | Feb 19, 2025 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Dec 24, 2026 | Venus | Dec 25, 2026 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q653731 (CC0).