Heliophysics Science Division

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

Class:

Flight Project

Status:

Operational

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Launch Date:

February 2010

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The Solar Dynamics Observatory is the first mission to be launched for NASA's Living With a Star (LWS) Program, a program designed to understand the causes of solar variability and its impacts on Earth. SDO is designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously.

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