Tag: Orbiter
Just before flying past Venus, Solar Orbiter was hit by a solar flare
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist September 07, 2022 at 4:15 p.m. 4 Artist’s impression of Solar Orbiter in front of our (capricious) star… © ESA Hot shot for the teams! 48…
Solar Orbiter mobilizes Venus to orient towards the Sun’s poles
The third flyby of Venus by the Solar Orbiter probe will be used for a trajectory correction. Objective: orient the mission in such a way as to give it better…
Closer to you, Sun! The European probe Solar Orbiter delivers new images
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist May 19, 2022 at 4:50 p.m. 6 The “solar hedgehog” is the phenomenon present at the bottom of the image and in the center (see video…
Solar Orbiter approaches the Sun and takes the opportunity to scan its spots
The Solar Orbiter mission passes 50 million kilometers from the Sun this Saturday, March 26, 2022. The European Space Agency wants to take advantage of this to try to observe…
Solar Orbiter: ESA probe comes closer to the sun than ever before
Hans Christian Dirscherl On Saturday, the ESA Solar Orbiter probe will come as close as 48 million kilometers to our sun. The probe is said to take the highest resolution…
The Solar Orbiter mission crosses the tail of a comet for the second time!
Eric Bottlaender Space specialist January 26, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. 0 Artist’s impression of the heart of the Solar Orbiter mission: our star. But that does not exclude a few…
Solar Orbiter sends us the most beautiful Christmas card: a video of comet Leonard
Comet Leonard is traveling not far from Earth in this month of December 2021. The Solar Orbiter satellite has captured splendid images of the celestial object which is now heading…