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Solar Orbiter mission blasts off - Kyng - 02-10-2020

Sun https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51420402 Sun

Europe's audacious Solar Orbiter probe has lifted off on its quest to study the Sun from close quarters.

The €1.5bn (£1.3bn) mission is packed with cameras and sensors that should reveal remarkable new insights on the workings of our star.

Scientists want to better understand what drives its dynamic behaviour.

The spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas rocket, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 04:03 GMT (23:03 local time Sunday).

The Sun will occasionally eject billions of tonnes of matter and entangled magnetic fields that can disrupt activity at Earth.



Good to see that this mission lifted off successfully! Given the sheer amount of money that has been spent on it, it would've been a major blow if anything had gone wrong!

Let's hope its observations of the Sun also succeed in gathering valuable data :) .