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ROB-OD4 contribution. Highlights, opportunities, challenges. Solar activity resurrected. The spots are back!. No planetary destruction on Jan 4 2011. Despite lining up of Sun, Moon, Earth and PROBA2. Sun. Moon. Earth. No planetary destruction on Jan 4 2011. moon. Sun.
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ROB-OD4 contribution Highlights, opportunities, challenges
Solar activity resurrected The spots are back!
No planetary destruction on Jan 4 2011 Despite lining up of Sun, Moon, Earth and PROBA2 Sun Moon Earth
No planetary destruction on Jan 4 2011 moon Sun Despite lining up of Sun, Moon, Earth and PROBA2 Earth Sun Moon Earth
Confirmed: the Sun is a sphere Since Feb 2011, the two STEREO spacecraft can now see the complete solar surface.
We are not alone SOTERIA Capacity Building Workshop Feb 17- Feb 18 2011 PROBA2 Science Working Group Feb 19- Feb 20 2011
The sun is a movie star SDO First light: April 20 2010 USET in Global H-alpha Network PROBA2 in full science phase since March 2010! > 328000 SWAP images, >200 Gb LYRA Golden age of observational solar physics: the Sun has never been imaged this much.
A New Hope • Upcoming: • SN-IV: start of regular operations • ESIO: successor to SWAP & LYRA? • Virtual Space Weather Modelling Center • High Performance Distributed Solar Imaging and Processing System SN-1: Space weather assets database
Serious stuff:External Challenges • Solar Orbiter selection • PROBA2 mission extension in SSA • PROBA3 • SSA: SN-IV, ESIO