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Living With a Star

Living With a Star is explored here through 3 archived missions, from Solar Dynamics Observatory through Parker Solar , with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

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Vehicles: 3

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The instruments, experiments, destinations, and scientific purpose connected to each robotic mission.

Uncrewed solar and heliophysics observatorySolar Dynamics ObservatoryInclined geosynchronous Earth orbit

Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 401
Science payload: Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, and Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment

Open science record →Uncrewed geospace and heliophysics observatoryVan Allen ProbesTwo highly elliptical, slightly separated Earth orbits through the radiation belts

Spacecraft: Van Allen Probes spacecraft constellation
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 401
Science payload: ECT particle suite, EMFISIS fields and waves, EFW electric and magnetic fields, RBSPICE ion composition, and relativistic-proton spectrometer

Open science record →Uncrewed solar and heliophysics observatoryParker Solar ProbeHighly elliptical heliocentric orbit shaped by repeated Venus gravity assists

Spacecraft: Parker Solar Probe spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta IV Heavy
Science payload: FIELDS electromagnetic instruments, WISPR wide-field imager, SWEAP particle instruments, and ISʘIS energetic-particle instruments behind a carbon-composite heat shield

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