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STEREO

Space craft

Name	STEREO
Operator	NASA
Major contractors	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Mission Type	Orbiter
Satellite of	Sun
Launch date	2006-10-26, 00:52:00 UTC
Carrier rocket	Delta II 7925-10L
Launch site	Space Launch Complex 17-B Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Mission duration	>3 years
Mass	620 kg
Power	475.0 W
Orbital elements
Orbital period	STEREO A: 346 days STEREO B: 388 days
Instruments
Main instruments	Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI): * Extreme UltraViolet Imager (EUVI) * Inner Coronagraph (COR1) * Outer Coronagraph (COR2) * Heliospheric Imager (HI) * Sungrazing Comets

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STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth. This will enable stereoscopic imaging of the Sun and solar phenomena, such as coronal mass ejections.

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