STEREO
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is a 2-year NASA mission employing two nearly identical space-based observatories, built and operated by APL, that are providing the first, 3-D “stereo” images of the Sun to study the nature of coronal mass ejections. These powerful solar eruptions are a major source of the magnetic disruptions on Earth and a key component of space weather, which can greatly affect satellite operations, communications, power systems, the lives of humans in space, and global climate.
STEREO is the third mission in NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes Program, managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The twin observatories were launched aboard a single Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Oct. 25, 2006.
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