Editing List of Solar System probes (section)

=== 1974–1997 ===
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! colspan="2"  style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft
!  style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization
!  style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date
!  style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type
!  style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status
!  style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes
!  style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image
!  style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Helios probes|Helios A]]''
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[DFVLR]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| November 1974 – 1982
| orbiter
| success
| rowspan="2" | observations of solar wind, magnetic and electric fields, cosmic rays and cosmic dust between Earth and Sun
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Helios spacecraft.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1974-097A}}
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Helios B]]''
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[DFVLR]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| January 1976 – 1985?
| orbiter
| success
| {{COSPAR|1976-003A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" | ''[[ISEE-3]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 1978–1982
| orbiter
| success
| observed solar phenomena in conjunction with earth-orbiting ISEE-1 and ISEE-2; later renamed ''International Cometary Explorer'' (''ICE'') and directed to Comet Giacobini-Zinner
| [[File:ISEE3-ICE.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1976-003A}}

|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(first pass)
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| 1994
| rowspan="2" | orbiter
| rowspan="2" | success
| south polar observations
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]]
| rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}}
|- style="background:#EFE7B8"
| 1995
| north polar observations

|- style="background:#CCFFD9"
| colspan="2" | ''[[WIND (spacecraft)|WIND]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| November 1994 – still active as of October 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/windnrt/ |title=WIND Near Real-Time Data |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=3 December 2017 |access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
| orbiter
| success
| solar wind measurements
| [[File:Wind probe.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1994-071A}}

|- style="background:#CCFFD9"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Solar and Heliospheric Observatory|SOHO]]''
| {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| May 1996 – extended to December 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sci.esa.int/web/soho/-/47368-fact-sheet |title=soho FACT SHEET |publisher=[[European Space Agency]] |date=3 November 2020 |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>
| orbiter
| success
| investigation of Sun's core, corona, and solar wind; comet discoveries
| [[File:NASA SOHO spacecraft.png|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1995-065A}}

|- style="background:#CCFFD9"
| colspan="2" | ''[[Advanced Composition Explorer|ACE]]''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]
| August 1997 – projected until 2024
<ref name = "ACE Home Page">{{cite web |url=http://www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE/ace_mission.html |title=Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Mission Overview |publisher=[[California Institute of Technology]] |date=10 February 2017 |first1=Eric R. |last1=Christian |first2=Andrew J. |last2=Davis |access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
| orbiter
| success
| solar wind observations
| [[File:Advanced Composition Explorer.jpg|50px]]
| {{COSPAR|1997-045A}}

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