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United Launch Alliance
Atlas V 401 | SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which is observing the Sun. SDO is a three-axis stabilized spacecraft, with two solar arrays, and two high-gain antennas, in an inclined geosynchronous orbit around Earth.
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