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Solar orbiter cleared to study the sun after extensive spacecraft testing – The Bisouv Network – The Bisouv Network
An Imperial-built instrument will study the sun’s magnetic field aboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft following its launch in early 2020.
Solar Orbiter, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission, will study the sun in unprecedented detail from only 50 million kilometers away, inside the orbit of Mercury. The spacecraft is due for launch in February 2020 with a suite of ten instruments, one of which is built and led by Imperial scientists.
Professor Tim Horbury is the Principal Investigator for the magnetometer…
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