SOOP pages

A SOOP – Solar Orbiter Observing Plan – is the analogue of a SoHO JOP and Hinode HOP.
Project Scientists and SOC have worked together to produce a menu of SOOPs that, as near as possible, addresses all the Solar Orbiter sub-objectives.

A SOOP is a set of common operations from multiple instruments:
- i.e. a collection of instrument modes and parameters.
- It can be reused during different orbital opportunities.
It can therefore address several mission sub-objectives at once
- One SOOP ↔ many sub-objectives
- Different objectives may need different targets/orbital opportunities
Not every instrument is necessarily needed in a SOOP.
- SOOPs can run in parallel
- Instruments can make individual observations when not needed for the coordinated campaigns

We use a mnemonic system to name the SOOPs:

I/R/L_FULL/SMALL/BOTH_L/M/Hres_L/M/Hcad_description

In Situ (only) / Remote Sensing (only) / Linkage between the two
SOOP focussed on FULL / SMALL FoV, or BOTH
Low/Medium/High spatial resolution
Low/Medium/High temporal cadence
Lastly, a description to cover the main intent of the observations, as loosely as possible so not to exclude any of the intended sub-objectives
The name may not reflect exactly what comes to your mind when you see it for the first time, but it is indicative of the observations.

For a table of SOOPs and times, please see https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/soops-summary.

Through the pages listed below, you can access the SOOPs that have been defined so far and classified by general themes.

solar orbiter

SOOP pages - Solar Orbiter

SOOP pages

Active Regions/Loops, Flares, Filaments

High-resolution/small-scale brightenings

Corona

Solar Wind connection

Polar observations

Others (Mosaics and Full Disk, Opportunities, ...)