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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-021) Payload: SDO Date: Feb. 11, 2010 Window: 10:23-11:23 a.m. EST (1523-1623 GMT) Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Mission Status Center Launch windows chart Ascent events timeline Ground track map SDO Video Coverage High Definition Video Science writers' guide NASA press kit Our Atlas archive

Solar Dynamics Observatory launched

An Atlas 5 rocket launches Solar Dynamics Observatory, a NASA spacecraft that will stare directly at the Sun continuously for the next decade to observe the star's behavior and how it influences life on Earth.

Photo credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance

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