Solar/Space Observation Satellites
type: Concept

SOHO
type: Concept
in scheme: platforms
definition: 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 End_Group 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://soh…