Science - Coronal heating - Coronal structure / dynamics - Elementary processes in Magnetic Reconnection Mission instruments - Optical Telescope / Vector Magnetograph (SOT) - X-ray Telescope (XRT) - EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) Launch Date: Summer 2006 with ISAS M-V-7 Orbit: Sun synchronous altitude ~ 600 km Weight: ~ 900 kg SOLAR-B ISAS / NASA / PPARC / ESA
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