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=== Since 2000 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! 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" rowspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(second pass) | rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2000 | rowspan="2" | orbiter | rowspan="2" | success | south polar observations | rowspan="2" | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 2001 | north polar observations |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2001β2004 | orbiter/<br />sample return | success | solar wind sample return; crash landed on return to Earth, much data salvaged | [[File:Genesis in collection mode.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2001-034A}} |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[STEREO|STEREO A]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | December 2006 β <br/>still active as of October 2024<ref>{{Cite web|title=STEREO|url=https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref><ref name="stereo-status">{{cite web |url=http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/status.shtml |title=STEREO Status |publisher=[[NASA]] Stereo Science Center |date=22 August 2016 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="stereo-where">{{cite web |url=http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/where.shtml |title=Positions of STEREO A and B for 26-Sep-2016 13:00 UT |publisher=[[NASA]] Stereo Science Center |date=26 September 2016 |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref> | orbiter | success | stereoscopic imaging of coronal mass ejections and other solar phenomena | [[File:STEREO spacecraft.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2006-047A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[STEREO|STEREO B]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | December 2006 β October 2014. <br/> August 2016 β October 2018 <br/> (communication lost between 1 October 2014 and 21 August 2016) <br/> NASA directed that periodic recovery operations of Stereo-B cease with last support on October 17, 2018.<ref name="stereo-where" /><ref name="stereo20181023">{{cite web |url=https://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/behind_status.shtml |title=STEREO-B Status Update |publisher=NASA/STEREO Science Center |editor-first=Therese A. |editor-last=Kucera |date=October 23, 2018 |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> | orbiter | success | stereoscopic imaging of coronal mass ejections and other solar phenomena | [[File:STEREO spacecraft.gif|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2006-047B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Ulysses probe|Ulysses]]''<br />(third pass) | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 2007 | rowspan="2" | orbiter | success | south polar observations | rowspan="2" | [[File:Ulysses spacecraft.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1990-090B}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 2008 | partial success | north polar observations; some data returned despite failing power and reduced transmission capacity |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Deep Space Climate Observatory|DSCOVR]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NOAA]] | February 2015 β still active as of October 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-02 |title=DSCOVR: Deep Space Climate Observatory |url=https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/current-satellite-missions/currently-flying/dscovr-deep-space-climate-observatory |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |language=en}}</ref> | orbiter | success | solar wind and [[coronal mass ejection]] monitoring, as well as Earth climate monitoring | [[File:DSCOVR_rendering_(transparent_bg).png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2015-007A}} <ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nation-s-first-operational-satellite-in-deep-space-reaches-final-orbit NASA.gov]</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | | November 2018 β December 2025 | orbiter/flyby<br />(approach 26 times) | ''en route'' | close-range solar coronal study | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe">{{cite web |url=http://solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov/SolarProbePlus_pre.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719144215/http://solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov/SolarProbePlus_pre.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-07-19 |title=Solar Probe Plus |author=Science and Technology Definition Team |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=2008 |access-date=1 July 2008}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Solar Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[ESA]] | 10 February 2020 (launch) | orbiter | ''en route'' | solar and heliospheric physics | [[File:Solar Orbiter orbiting the Sun.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter">{{cite web |url=http://sci.esa.int/solar-orbiter/ |title=Solar orbiter |access-date=17 March 2016 |publisher=[[European Space Agency]]}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | '' [[Aditya-L1]]'' | {{flagicon|IND}} [[ISRO]] | 2 September 2023 (launch) | orbiter | success | [[Solar corona]] observation | [[File:Aditya L1.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2023-132A}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=ADITYA-L1 |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=[[Indian Space Research Organisation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=C.S.|first=Hemanth|title=ISRO's Aditya-L1 successfully placed in a halo orbit around L1 point| url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isros-aditya-l1-successfully-placed-in-a-halo-orbit-around-l1-point/article67712914.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2024-01-06|access-date=2024-01-06|issn=0971-751X|language=en}}</ref> |}
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