https://spacewatch.global/tag/sun-explorer-solar-orbiter/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:00:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/sun-explorer-solar-orbiter/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/following-solar-orbiter-esa-to-send-twin-proba-3-spacecraft-to-the-sun-in-2022/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19327 After Solar Orbiter, ESA's next mission observing the Sun will not be one spacecraft but two: the double satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in formation to cast an artificial solar eclipse, opening up the clearest view yet of the Sun's faint atmosphere - probing the mysteries of its million degree heat and magnetic eruptions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/uk-space-agency-report-touts-economic-and-employment-benefits-of-space-science/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19122 Investment in the design and development of space science missions results in between £2.5 and £4 in returns for each £1 invested, a new UK report shows.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/ruag-space-contributes-key-components-to-sun-explorer-solar-orbiter-mission/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19117 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Sun Explorer Solar Orbiter is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 7-8 February 2020. RUAG Space is supplying the thermal insulation, the structure of the satellite, and the on-board computer.]]>