SOLAR-B
The Solar-B project is past the mid point of its development phase. The delivery of US instruments to ISAS in Japan is scheduled to be complete by April 1, 2004. The delivery of the UK instrument to ISAS is scheduled for March 1, 2004. The Solar-B observatory is scheduled to be launched on a Japanese M-V rocket out of Kagoshima, Japan, in September 2006. Mission Summary: - Determine the solar origins of space weather and global change - Solar-B will be a comprehensive study of stellar magnetic fields - New view into the magnetic dynamics of the plasma universe - International (Japan-US-UK) collaboration building on the highly successful Yohkoh experience - Highly leveraged participation, all US contributions for high-tech science instruments Additional informaiton available at "http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/solar-b/solar-b.htm" [Summary provided by NASA.]
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