Forum: Solar Activity, Reports and Discussions

All is Go for the launch of the SDO EVE calibration rocket (NASA #36.389) on May 3. The EVE Team has approvals from NASA, WSMR (White Sands Missile...

The SDO Team will power cycle Inertial Reference Unit #2 (IRU-2) today. These cold starts are used to maintain the IRUs and ensure their longevity....

Power is out at the Stanford data site due to the current atmospheric river. Power is being restored to the university and the JSOC should be back in...

SDO was launched into orbit 13 years ago yesterday, at 10:23 am ET on 11 Feb 2010. Thirteen years and millions of observations later, SDO is still...

SDO executed the EVE FOV and HMI/AIA Flatfield instrument calibration maneuvers yesterday, 04 Jan 2023, at 1415 UTC (9:15 am ET) and 1730 UTC (12:30...

We apologize for the lack of SDO data over the long weekend. A major software update was done last week and the system was released to production too...

Hello Everybody I wanted to share with you the analysis I have done of the most powerful Solar Flare over the last 25 years. The X28 flare of...

Although a comet hasn't been seen in the SDO field of view since 2012, we are always waiting for the next comet to appear. Today we will run our...

Major Outage -- Update Mission WSC/STA Links 1000/1001 Down INC000002987105 Time Down: 08/03/2022 14:57 CT (08/03/2022 19:57 GMT) Time Reported:...

Here are the highlights of the SDO FDS Quarterly (Long Set) Predicts: 2022/206 @ 0716 UTC (07/25 @ 03:16 am ET) - July-August 2022 Eclipse...

SDO will execute Station Keeping maneuver #25 today from 2220-2300 UTC (6:20-7:00 pm ET). During a maneuver SDO science data may be missing or...

The July 2022 Instrument Calibration maneuvers are starting. During an instrument calibration maneuver SDO science data may be missing, blurry, or...

Power has been restored to Stanford University and all of the components of the JSOC have been turned on. Near-realtime data has been flowing for a...

Tomorrow, June 29, 2022, the Moon will transit the Sun between 0519 and 0554 UTC (01:19 and 1:54 am ET). At its peak the Moon will cover about 67% of...

SDO executed Momentum Management Maneuver (Delta-H) #44 yesterday. Between 1945 UTC (3:30 pm ET) and 2015 UTC (4:15 pm) on 22-Jun-2022 SDO science...

The power is still out at the Stanford University building that houses the AIA/HMI JSOC. AIA and HMI data will be unavailable until power is...

HMI and AIA data are temporarily unavailable. A widespread power outage has closed the Stanford campus that hosts the SDO Data Center. More...

A magnetic complex, destined to become Active Region 3006, was rotating into view on May 3, 2022, when it was the site of an X1.1 flare at 1309 UTC....

SDO will execute several calibration maneuvers during April. April 13, 2022: EVE Field of View (1415 UTC, 10:15 am ET) and HMI/AIA Flatfield...

SDO will execute Momentum Management Maneuver (Delta-H) #43 today. Between 1830 UTC (2:30 pm ET) and 1915 UTC (3:15 pm) SDO science data may be...

On March 30, 2022, active region 12975 was the site of an X1.3 flare. Here is the daily movie in AIA 171 from that day. AR 12975 is in the upper...

Nat Mathews / NASA GSFC March 2, 2022, 3:30pm Eastern US Time Abstract: The solar corona supports a variety of magnetic structures that...

Last week, we celebrated the 12th anniversary of the launch of SDO. This amazing mission is still going strong, measuring the beginnings of Solar...