The Solar Orbiter Mission - Solar Orbiter
Welcome to ESA's Solar Orbiter Website for the Scientific Community
ATTENTION: This Cosmos web portal will be unavailable between 16th of December 07:00 CET until 17th of December 09:00 CET due to some major platform migration. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
The Solar Orbiter Mission
By approaching as close as 0.28 AU, Solar Orbiter will view the Sun with high spatial resolution and combine this with in-situ measurements of the surrounding heliosphere. Thanks to its unique orbit, Solar Orbiter will deliver images and data of the unexplored Sun's polar regions and the side of the Sun not visible from Earth.
Upcoming Events
17 December 2024 14:00 CET: SOWG KO Meeting (online, SOWG+SOOP coordinators)
8 January 2024 14:00 CET: Fourth Solar Orbiter community building webinar (see here)
14-15 January 2025: SOWG Meeting (hybrid at ESAC, SOWG+SOOP coordinators)
8-10 April 2025: SWT-40 at ROB, Belgium (in-person meeting)
The Sun Now