United Launch Alliance

SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

Atlas V 401

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, February 11, 2010 · 15:23 UTC

Mission

/01

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which is observing the Sun. SDO is a three-axis stabilized spacecraft, with two solar arrays, and two high-gain antennas, in an inclined geosynchronous orbit around Earth.

Mission Type

Heliophysics

Orbit

Enhanced Geostationary Transfer Orbit (Enhanced-GTO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas V 401

Variant: 401

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.583° N, 80.583° W

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