On February 10, 2020 at 04:03 UTC the "Atlas-5” rocket-carrier was launched from Cape Canaveral launch site of US Air Force. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force. The rocket orbited the Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe also known as LWS-5 (Living With a Star mission-5). The satellite is to take images of the sun’s poles and in addition, getting the first ever data of the polar magnetic field. Attachments: |