* Yohkoh | (1991 -- 2001) | Japan/US/UK | -- | 1st CCD on-board, only solar mission early 1990s. movie Loren Acton (MSU) was the PI of US side. (Loren in 1978) |
* SOHO | (1996 -- present) | ESA/US | -- | L1 mission image1 movie1 movie2 |
* TRACE | (1998-- 2010) | US | -- | Sun syncronous orbit movie |
* Hinode | (2006 -- present) | Japan/US/UK | -- | biggest solar optical telescope in space movie1 movie2 |
* STEREO | (2006 -- present) | US | -- | twin spacecrafts before and ahead of Earth in orbit image1 image2 image3 Movie1 |
* SDO | (2010 -- present) | US | -- | geo-stationary satellite, 10+ wavelengths, 4096x4096 every 12 sec movie |
* IRIS | (2013 -- present) | US | -- | high resolution spectroscopy in UV range |
* Parker Solar Probe | (2018 -- present) | US | -- | orbiting the Sun (not earth). |
* Solar Orbiter | (2020 -- present) | ESA | -- | orbiting the Sun (33° above the ecliptic plane). |
* Solar-C | (2028? --) | Japan/US/UK |
Movie of Monster Prominence by SDO
M9 Flare Combo by SDO and LASCO
Mechanism of Aurora