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On February 9, 2020, the European Space Agency\\u2019s Solar Orbiter spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Florida on top of an Atlas V 411 spacecraft. The spacecraft\\u2019s mission is to fly inside the orbit of Mercury, on a tilted orbit that takes it above and below the Sun, capturing images of the Sun\\u2019s poles for the first time.

This is just a year and a half after the launch of NASA\\u2019s Parker Solar Probe, which will fly even closer. Together, the two spacecraft will measure the Sun from every angle up close, providing detailed images and insights of our closest star, to help understand how it creates and controls the giant bubble of plasma that surrounds the entire Solar System.

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References:
\\nhttps://sci.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/liftoff-for-solar-orbiter-esa-s-mission-to-face-the-sun-up-close
\\nhttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter
\\nhttp://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2019/10/Solar_Orbiter_s_journey_around_the_Sun
\\nhttp://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Ulysses_overview
\\nhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/ulysses/in-depth/
\\nhttps://www.nasa.gov/content/solar-orbiter-overview
\\nhttps://sci.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/51169-what-drives-the-solar-wind-and-where-does-the-coronal-magnetic-field-originate-from
\\nhttps://sci.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/51170-how-do-solar-transients-drive-heliospheric-variability
\\nhttps://sci.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/51171-how-do-solar-eruptions-produce-energetic-particle-radiation-that-fills-the-heliosphere
\\nhttps://sci.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/51172-how-does-the-solar-dynamo-work-and-drive-connections-between-the-sun-and-the-heliosphere
\\nhttps://sci.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/-/51217-instruments
\\nhttp://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php
\\nhttps://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/vt-2004/mt-2003/mt-mercury-orbit.html
\\nhttps://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Paint_it_black_Stone_Age_sunscreen_for_Solar_Orbiter
\\nhttps://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Solar_Orbiter_s_shield_takes_Sun_s_heat

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