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Assessment Phase Final Report
The assessment study of the Solar Orbiter has addressed all mission areas, from the scientific requirements to the payload complement, the space and ground segments, and the respective technology readiness, including all corresponding programmatic aspects.
Published: 17 January 2006
Payload Definition Document V4.1
The Payload Definition Document (PDD) has been reissued as version 4.1.
Published: 26 August 2005
Solar Orbiter Executive Report
The Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office recently published an assessment phase report on the Solar Orbiter mission.
Published: 29 June 2005
News Update - Assessment Phase
The Solar Orbiter project is now well into the Assessment Phase. Work on development of possible mission scenarios and payload definition is currently being undertaken by various ESA bodies and industrial partners.
Published: 14 June 2004
Solar Orbiter Payload Studies: Call for Letters of Interest
Call for Letters of Interest
Published: 31 October 2001
ESA's next solar mission attracts Sun followers to Tenerife
The launch date of Solar Orbiter, ESA's next mission to study the Sun, should be no later than 2010. This was one of the key messages to emerge from the first Solar Orbiter workshop which was held in Tenerife last month.
Published: 26 June 2001
Solar encounter: the first Solar Orbiter workshop
The Solar Orbiter was selected three months ago as an ESA F-mission for the time frame 2008 - 2013. It is now up to the solar/heliospheric community to exploit this excellent opportunity to the full. To that effect, the first Solar Orbiter workshop is now being organised.
Published: 23 January 2001
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