{"id":35519,"date":"2025-05-26T15:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T19:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=35519"},"modified":"2025-05-26T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T19:50:55","slug":"atlas-v-launch-of-the-solar-orbiter-2020-02-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/05\/26\/atlas-v-launch-of-the-solar-orbiter-2020-02-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas V Launch of the Solar Orbiter (2020-02-10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<center><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"rumble\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v6r9onn\/?pub=4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>This video features a launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the European&#8217;s Space Agency&#8217;s Solar Orbiter. This was recorded from my backyard on Sunday night, February 20th, 2020. The first images were sent back in July of 2020 and it is continuing to provide imagery and other data today.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I like about where I live is the ability to just walk outside to see these launches. SpaceX Falcon 9 launches have become so routine (commonly multiple in a week and on a couple of occasions even more than one in a day), mostly carrying Starlink Satellites, that a lot of times I don&#8217;t even watch them. I do hope they eventually launch the Starship from Florida though as I would love to see that one. I also look forward to future launches of the Space Launch System.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2025\/04\/Solar_Orbiter_s_widest_high-res_view_of_the_Sun\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">photo taken by the Solar Orbiter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=35521\" class=\"attachment wp-att-35521 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"802\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35521\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/solar_orbiter_s_widest_high_res_view_of_the_sun-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is the rocket that carried it into space:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=35522\" class=\"attachment wp-att-35522 keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/atlas_5b-1024x852.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"667\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-35522\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/atlas_5b-1024x852.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/atlas_5b-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/atlas_5b-768x639.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/atlas_5b-144x120.jpg 144w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/atlas_5b.jpg 1514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an Atlas V in the 411 configuration which is kind of interesting because it features the rocket with a single solid rocket booster strapped on. The ability to have asymmetrical configurations is an interesting feature of the Atlas V.<\/p>\n<p>Watch on <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v6tgkwh-atlas-v-launch-of-the-solar-orbiter-2020-02-10.html\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Rumble<\/a>.<br \/>Watch on <a href=\"https:\/\/dai.ly\/x9jmh9y\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Daily Motion<\/a>.<br \/>Watch on <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/solarorbiter:23f2c693ff5cb469be25af63abd10fced80a62ee\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Odysee<\/a>.<br \/>Watch on <a href=\"https:\/\/3speak.tv\/watch?v=darth-azrael\/hryolofk\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">3Speak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to give Odysee a try, use my <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/invite\/@Megalextoria:b\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">invite link<\/a> to earn some bonus LBC for both of us.<\/p>\n<p>For a more centralized service, click <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/register\/DarthAzrael\/\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">here<\/a> to sign up for Rumble which seems to be one of the better utube alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v6tgkwh-atlas-v-launch-of-the-solar-orbiter-2020-02-10.html\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/orbiter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35520\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/orbiter.png 740w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/orbiter-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/orbiter-214x120.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; This video features a launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the European&#8217;s Space Agency&#8217;s Solar Orbiter. This was recorded from my backyard on Sunday night, February 20th, 2020. The first images were sent back in July of 2020 and it is continuing to provide imagery and other data today. One of the things I like about where I live is the ability to just walk outside to see these launches. SpaceX Falcon 9 launches have become so routine (commonly multiple in a week and on a couple of occasions even more than one in a day), mostly carrying Starlink Satellites, that a lot of times I don&#8217;t even watch them. I do hope they eventually launch the Starship from Florida though as I would love to see that one. I also look forward to future launches of the Space Launch System. Here&#8217;s an example of a photo taken by the Solar Orbiter: And here is the rocket that carried it into space: This is an Atlas V in the 411 configuration which is kind of interesting because it features the rocket with a single solid rocket booster strapped on. 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