Lists key solar missions launched by countries since 2000 that have provided valuable insights into the Sun and its behavior, allowing us to better comprehend the Sun’s influence on our solar system. Several missions have been launched to investigate solar activity. Here is a list of solar missions completed since the year 2000: ISRO will write another triumphant chapter in its history with the launch of the Aditya L-1 on September 2, 2023.
Objective and Purpose Solar Mission
The Main Objective and Purpose of Solar Mission are
- Understanding the Sun
- Solar phenomena.
- Coronal mass ejections and Coronal holes.
- Observation of solar flares.
- Sun’s magnetic field and its influence on the solar atmosphere.
- Observation of the Sun’s spicules.
- Study of the interaction between the solar atmosphere and the solar wind.
- Study of chromospheric and coronal heating, physics of the partially ionized plasma
List of Satellite Launched by different space agency by different countries
SL. No. | Country | Space Agency | Mission Name | Launch Date |
1 | India | ISRO | Aditya L-1 | 02.09.2023 |
2 | European | ESA | Solar Orbiter | 10.02.2020 |
3 | USA | NASA | SDO | 11.02.2010 |
4 | USA | NASA | Parker Solar Probe | 12.08.2018 |
5 | USA | NASA | IRIS | 17.06.2013 |
6 | USA | NASA | STEREO | 25.10.2006 |
7 | Japan | USC | Hinode (Solar-B) | 23.09.2006 |
8 | European | ESA | SOHO | 02.12.1995 |
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