SOHO: Science Update '97 - English

ESA's SOHO (SOlar and Heliospherical Observatory) astronomical satellite was launched on December 2nd, 1995. This video gives a short account of the purpose of the SOHO mission, along with a summary of the findings so far. Images recorded by the satellite are utilised, along with computer graphics and interviews.

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00:01:30:00 title: ESA Science Update
00:01:45:00 countdown title: SOHO February 1997
00:02:00:00 start of A-Roll
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00:05:41:00 title B-Roll Follows
00:05:50:00 SOHO [Solar And Heliospheric Observatory] panoramic view of the Sun, showing a comet impacting
00:05:55:00 SOHO image os
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00:06:01:00 animation ls SOHO, to cam
00:06:11:00 animation SOHO positions itself to view the Sun
00:06:20:00 animation mls SOHO in the solar wind
00:06:25:00 animation the interaction of the solar wind on the Earth's magnetic field
00:06:30:00 animation cs SOHO; zi to cs the Sun
00:06:39:00 animation SOHO and the Earth orbit the Sun
00:07:04:00 animation distortion of the Sun's magnetic field
00:07:25:00 animation mls SOHO, zi to cs solar panels
00:07:34:00 various SOHO images of the Sun [including Lasco, EIT and CDS rotating limb]
0:09:19:00 mcs interview Martin Huber, Head of Space Science, ESTEC
00:10:12:00 mcs interview Roger Bonnet, ESA Director Of Science
00:11:24:00 end