SOLAR-B Mission

Identifiersolar-bNamesSpace weather Observations at L1 to Advance Readiness - BSOLAR-B About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

Space weather observations along the Sun-Earth line from the Lagrange 1 point, including coronal white light imagery, solar X-ray irradiance, and heliospheric in situ measurements of solar wind and magnetic field. A partner contributed instrument is currently being identified. Continuity for SOLAR-A.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Space weather Observations at L1 to Advance Readiness - B
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
NOAA, NASA
Launch Date
Sep 2032
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Jun 2037
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Earth-Sun L-1
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
1600000 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

Magnetometer - Magnetometer (heliospheric magnetic field) solar-b_magnetometer
STIS - Supra Thermal Ion Sensor solar-b_stis
SWiPS - Solar Wind Plasma Sensor solar-b_swips
SwSCOR - Coronagraph solar-b_swscor
X-ray Irradiance Sensor - XRIS solar-b_x-ray-irradiance-sensor

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements Magnetometer

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