Solar Orbiter Venus flyby

Artist’s impression of Solar Orbiter making a flyby at Venus. Solar Orbiter will make numerous gravity…

Solar Orbiter antenna deployment

Artist’s impression of Solar Orbiter following launch, with solar arrays and antennas deployed. Solar Orbiter is…

Solar Orbiter Earth flyby

Visualisation of Solar Orbiter making an Earth flyby. The spacecraft will make one Earth flyby during…

Solar Orbiter fairing separation

Visualisation of the Atlas V 411 fairing separation revealing Solar Orbiter attached to the rocket upper…

Solar Orbiter fairing separation

Visualisation of the Atlas V 411 fairing separation revealing Solar Orbiter attached to the rocket upper…

Solar orbiter launch animation

Visualisation of the launch of Solar Orbiter on an Atlas V 411. Solar Orbiter is an…

Warming up for the Sun

Today, the Solar Orbiter control team is simulating launch for the penultimate time, before the Sun-seeking…

Zooming into Gaia16aye

This animation shows a zoomed-in view into the star 2MASS19400112+3007533, located in the Cygnus constellation. Following…

Call for Media: Solar Orbiter launch to face the Sun

Press Release N° 27–2020 ESA’s new Sun explorer will be launched from Cape Canaveral on 6…

EATOPS: turning satellite control rooms from space to Earth

The business of EATOPS is building space-style control rooms for terrestrial customers, and business is good.…