Mission record
Atlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Enhanced-GTO
Mission type
Heliophysics
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:23:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5037 ever
Mission
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which is observing the Sun. SDO is a three-axis stabilized spacecraft, with two solar arrays, and two high-gain antennas, in an inclined geosynchronous orbit around Earth.
Deployed payloads · 1