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Happy Birthday Solar Orbiter!!
Today 10 February, it is one year since the Solar Orbiter's launch!! And so much has happened in this last year: - We were so lucky to be...
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Preparing for the second close encounter, and thinking back about the first
On Wednesday 10 February 2021, Solar Orbiter will come as 'close' as 74 million kilometers from the Sun. That may sound very far still...
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Mission Phases: getting to know a spacecraft and its instruments
After a spacecraft launch, you cannot just switch it on and start doing science. It is far more complicated than that. A mission...
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Orbiting the Sun to explore all sides of it
When spacecraft get launched into space, they do not follow a straight line. They are affected by the big gravity of planets or stars and...
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One Billion Kilometres !
Today, 27 Jan 2021 around 16:15 (*), Solar Orbiter has reached one billion kilometre flown since launch!! What a distance! And that in a...
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2 weeks after
2 weeks since the launch of Solar Orbiter … what has happened since then? When a satellite gets launched, it is in its most compact form,...
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No words - magnificent posters and satellites
My superclass 4C, kids of 9-10 years old, did a wonderful project, I'm so proud. All the students were engaged and wanted to create...
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Movie Atlas V Solar Orbiter Rocket Cam
Watch this movie till the end ! Rocket technology is cool and amazing ! Thx ULAlaunch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCq5qYFHfE&featur...
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Buzz Aldrin - Launch was a success
Woooow, yesterday wrote Buzz Aldrin on Twitter : "Well done NASA, ESA and ULAlaunch on last night's launch! Looking forward to seeing the...
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Don't forget: Launch Monday morning 5:03
Hi everyone, This evening, I will fly home with the kids and we will arrive on Sunday, it will be a short night. We are very tired, and...
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Kennedy Space Center 2
Hi everyone, After a stormy night, we went another time to the Kennedy Space Center. First, we enjoyed a virtual reality demonstration of...
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Kennedy Space Center
HI, Witse here (aka Fernando), Today, we visited the KSCVC (Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center). Just having arrived, Paxi felt like...
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Life goes on
Hola everyone, Are we disappointed? Of course we are. Are we sad? Of course we are a bit sad, but life goes on! There are worse things in...
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Difficult journey
Hi everyone, The journey was not easy, long long long and tiring and we arrived very late in our hotel. Luckily, my kids behaved well and...
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Launch and deployment sequence
What will happen the first minutes, hours and days explained step-by-step in this wonderful poster.
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Bad news 2
Hi everyone, The launch of Solar Orbiter is again postponed and is now targeted for 9th of February, 23:03 h EST or 10th of February,...
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Comments and likes
Hi everyone, Many people don't know how to write a comment or to like a post. It's necessary to log in with a valid email address,...
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Extreme conditions
Many people ask me, will the satellite not burn ? Hopefully not, they tried to protect it as much as possible.
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