Solar Orbiter
May 2, 2012
ESA’s next generation Sun explorer, Solar Orbiter will be launched in 2017. It will investigate the connections and the coupling between the Sun and the heliosphere, a huge bubble in space created by the solar wind. The solar wind can cause auroras and disrupt satellite-based communication.
Credits: ESA/AOES
Credits: ESA/AOES
Topics:
Environment, Technology Internet, Solar Orbiter, Space plasmas, Plasma physics, ESA, Solar Sentinels, Heliosphere, Solar wind, Sun, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, European Space Agency, Orbiter
