WMO OSCAR | Details for Satellite Programme: Solar

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Satellite Programme: Solar

Programme details

Programme description	Series of satellites for Sun observation and Space weather. Japanese programme: developed and operated by JAXA. The platforms are actively stabilised over 3 axes. The design life time is 2 years. The satellites exploit either a sunsynchronous dawn-dusk orbit at 6:00 (Solar-B) or a low-inclination orbit (Solar-A). See detailed descriptions at http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/yohkoh and http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/solar_b/index_e.html.
Data circulation	Onboard stored and real-time data downlinked to the main station of Kagoshima Space Center in Kyushu and the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). Processing and distribution from JAXA.
Agencies	JAXA
Programme lifetime	1991 - 2024

Associated satellites and instruments

Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned

Solar
- Solar-A (Yohkoh) (1991-2001)
  - BCS
  - HXT
  - SXT
  - WBS
- Solar-B (Hinode) (2006-2024)
  - EIS
  - SOT
  - XRT