Solar Orbiter

Mission overview

Solar Orbiter is an ESA–NASA mission imaging the Sun from close range and viewing its poles for the first time.

Returned the closest images of the Sun and first views toward the solar poles.

Mission	Type	Agency	Launch	Status
BepiColomboMercury	Orbiter	ESA	2018-10-20	En route
Venus ExpressVenus	Orbiter	ESA	2005-11-09	Completed
Mars ExpressMars	Orbiter	ESA	2003-06-02	Active
JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer)Jupiter and its icy moons	Orbiter	ESA	2023-04-14	En route
RosettaComet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko	Orbiter and lander	ESA	2004-03-02	Completed
GaiaSun–Earth L2	Astrometry observatory	ESA	2013-12-19	Completed

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ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.

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