SDO

Solar Dynamics Observatory

Active Mission

What

Science Objectives

Overview

Our Eye on the Sun

Latest

Where is SDO?

SDO studies how solar activity is created and drives space weather, by monitoring the Sun’s interior, atmosphere, magnetic field, and energy output.

Type

Space Observatory

Launch

Feb. 11, 2010

Target

Sun

Objective

Study how solar activity is created and drives space weather

SDO Mission Status

Some data from NASA’s SDO mission is temporarily unavailable because of flooding in the building that houses the mission's data center at Stanford University. The spacecraft remains healthy and is otherwise operating normally.

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