Solar Orbiter spacecraft heads to launch site on its way to Sun

A spacecraft on a mission to study the Sun, with Imperial kit on board, is leaving Europe in preparation for launch in February 2020.

Solar Orbiter is a European Space Agency mission to study the Sun, with NASA support and an Imperial College London instrument on board.

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