The SOHO (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) project is being carried out by the
European Space Agency (ESA) and the US National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) as a cooperative effort between the two agencies in the
framework of the Solar Terrestrial Science Program (STSP) comprising SOHO and
CLUSTER, and the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program (ISTP), with
Geotail (ISAS-Japan), Wind, and Polar.
SOHO was launched on December 2, 1995. The SOHO spacecraft was
built in Europe by an industry team led by Matra, and
instruments were provided by European and American
scientists. There are nine European Principal Investigators
(PI's) and three American ones. Large engineering teams and more
than 200 co-investigators from many institutions supported the
PI's in the development of the instruments and in the
preparation of their operations and data analysis. NASA was
responsible for the launch and is now responsible for mission
operations. Large radio dishes around the world which form
NASA's Deep Space Network are used to track the spacecraft
beyond the Earth's orbit. Mission control is based at Goddard
Space Flight Center in Maryland.
Additional information available at
"http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/"
[Summary provided by NASA]
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: SOHO
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Solar/Space Observation Satellites
Short_Name: SOHO
Long_Name: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Short_Name: 23726
Short_Name: 1995-065A
End_Group
Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: VIRGO
Short_Name: UVCS
Short_Name: SWAN
Short_Name: SUMER
Short_Name: MDI
Short_Name: LASCO
Short_Name: GOLF
Short_Name: ERNE
Short_Name: EIT
Short_Name: COSTEP
Short_Name: CELIAS
Short_Name: CDS
End_Group
Group: Orbit
Apogee: 1.5 million km
Orbit_Type: LPO > L1 > Lissajous Orbit > Halo Orbit
End_Group
Creation_Date: 2008-01-17
Online_Resource: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
Online_Resource: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/soho/index.html
Online_Resource: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=14
Sample_Image: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/Posters/images/large/soho-poster.gif
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1995-12-02
Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA
Primary_Sponsor: NASA
Primary_Sponsor: ESA
End_Group
End_Group (en)