On February 10, the Solar Orbiter satellite took off towards the Sun with the mission of exploring our star. Its objective is none other than to measure the magnetic field of the solar surface, the radiation levels of the internal heliosphere and the solar wind. The project developed by ESA with the collaboration of NASA appears to have been a success.
The first images and data from the Solar Orbiter will be published by the ESA on July 16. Through an online press conference at 14:00 CEST, we will be able to see the first data from this satellite. Note that the first data received by the satellite is vastly better than expected by the experts.
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First images of Solar Orbiter will be published next week
The first images have exceeded our expectations. There are already signs of very interesting phenomena that until now we had not been able to observe in detail.
The ten instruments on board Solar Orbiter work very well and together provide a comprehensive view of the Sun and the solar wind. Thus, we trust that the Solar Orbiter will help us answer far-reaching questions about the Sun.
Daniel Müller, ESA Solar Orbiter Project Scientist
This mission has been the one that has come closest to the Sun. During perihelion the Solar Orbiter satellite has come to be barely 77 million kilometers from the solar surface. This is more or less half the distance between the Sun and our planet. The spacecraft is expected to get even closer to our star, but it will do so very little by little. Currently Solar Orbiter is in a cruise phase, adjusting its orbit around the Sun gradually.
When the satellite enters the scientific phase, at the end of 2021, it will be about 42 million kilometers from the solar surface. To give us an idea, it will be closer to the Sun than Mercury. Little by little the scientists in charge of the satellite modify its orbit to get the first view of the solar poles.
Among the countries that have contributed payloads for the ESA satellite is Spain.
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