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Solar Maximum Mission

(SMM)
(1980s satellite to study the Sun during solar maximum)

The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) was an observatory-satellite to study the Sun (e.g., solar flares) during the more intense part of the solar cycle. It was launched in early 1980, failed after six months, was repaired by Space Shuttle in 1984, then operated until it fell to Earth in 1989. Instruments:


(telescope,solar,spacecraft,visible light,X-ray,ultraviolet,gamma rays,past,NASA)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Maximum_Mission
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/solarmax.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980SoPh...65....5B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981ApJ...244L.113C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984MmSAI..55..633P/abstract

Referenced by pages:
solar physics
solar telescope

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