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  2. Solar Dynamics Observatory - Wikipedia

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    NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center managed the payload integration and launch. [22] The SDO launched from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41), utilizing an Atlas V-401 rocket with a RD-180 powered Common Core Booster, which has been developed to meet the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program ...

  3. Aditya-L1 - Wikipedia

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    Aditya-L1 (Sanskrit: Āditya IPA: [aːd̪it̪jɐ] 'Sun', L1 'Lagrange Point 1') [a] is a coronagraphy spacecraft for studying the solar atmosphere, designed and developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and various other Indian Space Research Institutes. [1]

  4. List of space telescopes - Wikipedia

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    Positioning an optical telescope in space eliminates the distortions and limitations that hamper that ground-based optical telescopes (see Astronomical seeing), providing higher resolution images. Optical telescopes are used to look at planets , stars , galaxies , planetary nebulae and protoplanetary disks , amongst many other things.

  5. NASA set to launch space telescope ‘100 times more powerful ...

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    Scott Pelley explored NASA’s new James Webb space telescope on Sunday’s “60 Minutes.” The $10 billion telescope is fueled up and set for launch on December 22nd. Project astrophysicist ...

  6. List of objects at Lagrange points - Wikipedia

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    Sun–Earth L 1: NASA: Planned for launch in early 2025. Space Weather Follow On - Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) Sun–Earth L 1: NOAA: Planned for launch in early 2025 as a rideshare to IMAP. Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) Sun–Earth L 2: ESA: Planned for launch in 2026 for an initial six-year mission. [55] Space Infrared ...

  7. Euclid (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Euclid is a wide-angle space telescope with a 600-megapixel camera to record visible light, a near-infrared spectrometer, and photometer, to determine the redshift of detected galaxies. It was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Euclid Consortium and was launched on 1 July 2023 from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

  8. The sun just did something weird, and 3 other space stories ...

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    The sun is acting a little sus Footage of a “massive polar vortex” recorded by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on Feb. 2, went viral this week, and scientists aren’t exactly sure what ...

  9. TOLIMAN - Wikipedia

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    TOLIMAN will focus on stars within 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) of the Sun. [2] The telescope, still under construction, [3] is expected to be launched into low Earth orbit no earlier than 2024. [4] The mission will involve scientists of the University of Sydney , Saber Astronautics in Australia, Breakthrough Initiatives , and NASA's Jet ...