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Sciences and Exploration Directorate
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Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

The Solar Dynamics Observatory will further our understanding of 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.

Launch Date
January 2010
Class
Flight Project
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Key Staffs
  • Cloud Architect / Sr. System Administrator
  • Research Scientist
  • Project Support Scientist
  • Co Investigator
  • Deputy Project Scientist

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.

Related Publications

2026. "Modeling of AR 12760 with GX Simulator and Evidence for the Extended Transition Region in Peripheral Active Region Loops.", The Astrophysical Journal, 1000 (1): 149 [10.3847/1538-4357/ae4743] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Center-to-limb Variations in Solar Plage Using IRIS Observations.", The Astrophysical Journal, 977 (2): 141 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad901d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Thermal structuring of the quiet solar corona.", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 700 A247 [10.1051/0004-6361/202452955] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Solar Eruption Onset and Particle Acceleration in Nested-null Topologies.", Astrophysical Journal, 994 180 [10.3847/1538-4357/ae0e65] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Genesis of a Confined X6.4 Flare in a Quadrupolar Magnetic Configuration.", Astrophysical Journal, 992 139 [10.3847/1538-4357/ae0297] [Journal Article/Letter]