See SDO Launch!
Mission: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Launch Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Launch Window: 10:26-11:26 a.m. EST
Launch schedule subject to change.
The Atlas V rocket will launch NASA's SDO spacecraft to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. 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.
February 2010 - we celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first telescopic view of Jupiter and its 4 largest moons!
