Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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Sep 14, 2026
Andrew DunkleyHOST
Um, so I'm, I'm guessing, uh, from what Butch said that, um, I mean, there, there are, there are several solar spacecraft or spacecraft observing the sun.
Andrew DunkleyHOST
Um, SOHO, the Solar Heliospheric Observatory, was one of the first.
Andrew DunkleyHOST
There's a pair of spacecraft called Stereo, uh, that are in, uh, in orbit around the sun, uh, at slightly different positions, so they get a stereo view of the sun.
Andrew DunkleyHOST
Um, I'm wondering if the one that he's thinking of, though, is the Par- Parker Solar Probe, and that's because that one of all those, uh, solar spacecraft is the one that c- goes closest to the sun.
Fred WatsonHOST
Um, so I'm, I'm guessing, uh, from what Butch said, that, um, I mean, there, there are, there are several solar spacecraft or spacecraft observing the sun.
Fred WatsonHOST
Um, SOHO, the Solar Heliospheric Observatory, was one of the first.
Fred WatsonHOST
There's a pair of spacecraft called Stereo, uh, that are in, uh, in orbit around the sun, uh, at slightly different positions, so they get a stereo view of the sun.
Fred WatsonHOST
Um, I'm wondering if the one that he's thinking of, though, is the Par- Parker Solar Probe, and that's because that one of all those, uh, solar spacecraft is the one that cl- goes closest to the sun.
Dean RegasHOST
I mean, it does present a perfect laboratory to understand the workings of a star up close and personal.
Dean RegasHOST
Satellites like the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, known more easily as SOHO-
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This sun-monitoring satellite is a collaborative project between NASA and the European Space Agency that has been operational for more than twenty years.
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Its main objective is to investigate the physics behind how the sun works.
Dean RegasHOST
And the Solar Dynamics Observatory can observe the sun twenty-four hours a day.
Dean RegasHOST
SOHO, for instance, sits almost one million miles from us, and closer to the sun, too.
Dean RegasHOST
Okay, it's still, like, ninety-two million miles from the sun, but SOHO has been watching the sun steadily since its launch in 1995, making it one of the longest-lasting missions ever.
Dean RegasHOST
Another mission called STEREO, short for the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory...