SOHO spacecraft

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:communication gptkb:Deep_Space_Network
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Europe
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:duration planned 2 years
operational over 25 years
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Solar_and_Heliospheric_Observatory
gptkbp:goal space weather monitoring
study solar wind
study solar corona
study the Sun
study solar oscillations
gptkbp:instrument 12 scientific instruments
gptkbp:launchDate 1995-12-02
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_LC-36B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Atlas_IIAS
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Matra_Marconi_Space
gptkbp:mass 1850 kg
gptkbp:missionType solar observation
gptkbp:notableEvent lost contact in 1998, later recovered
gptkbp:notableFinds over 4000 comets discovered
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Lagrange_point
gptkb:L1_Lagrange_point
about 6 months around L1
gptkbp:powers 1500 W
gptkbp:solarArrays 2 solar arrays
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:usedFor solar research
space weather forecasting
comet discovery
gptkbp:website https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lagrange_points
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SOHO spacecraft