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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:23:00
Thursday February 11, 2010
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), succeeding SOHO, is a solar observing satellite with four primary objectives: researching the Solar Cycle, understanding the role of the magnetic field in delivering energy to the solar atmosphere, studying the evolution of the Sun's outer regions over various time scales, and monitoring solar radiation levels, including UV and EUV emissions.
Geostationary Earth Orbit
3,100 kilograms
Agency
ULAPrice
$109.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.81m
Height: 58.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 9,797 kg
GTO: 4,750 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,826 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 13.8m
Stages
2
20th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2010
38th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2010
5th
Orbital launch attempt