Solar missions
This page contains news and notices concerning existing missions, new missions
and programs, and proposed and existing sounding rocket programs.
SOHO news
Some SOHO news can be found at the
SOHO What's New? page.
Other links to
SOHO images, movies, and educational resources
SMEI news
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SMEI news
The
Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) experiment of the Battlespace Environment Division
of the US Air Force Research Laboratory on the
Coriolis spacecraft
was launched on 2003 January 6.
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RHESSI news
The Reuven Ramaty High Energy
Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), a
NASA Small Explorer
(SMEX) spacecraft, was launched on 2002 February 5.
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TRACE news
The Transition Region And
Coronal Explorer (TRACE), a NASA
Small
Explorer (SMEX) spacecraft, was launched
launch on 1998 April 1 (really).
Recent solar sounding rocket flights
As part of NASA's strategic
"roadmap" program for the entire agency, the Heliophysics community
has developed plans for the next two decades.
Future solar missions
Information on approved and proposed
solar missions and solar-terrestrial programs, including:
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Web curator:
Joseph B. Gurman
Responsible NASA official:
Joseph B. Gurman,
Facility Scientist, Solar Data Analysis Center
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Solar Physics Branch / Code 612.1
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Last revised - J.B. Gurman