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Below are checklists of solar-observing satellites, launch dates, and images of the satellites. This is a work in progress, and completeness is our goal. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| SolRad-1 / GREB-1 | 1960-06-22 | SolRad-1 SolRad Transit-2a+SolRad-1 | SolRad | SolRad |
| SolRad-2 / GREB-2 [failed] | 1960-11-30 | |||
| SolRad-3 / GREB-3 | 1961-06-29 | Injun-1+SolRad-3 Transit-4a+Injun-1+SolRad-3 | ||
| SolRad-4A / GREB-4A | 1962-01-24 | |||
| SolRad-4B [failed] | 1962-04-26 | |||
| SolRad-5 | Not launched | |||
| SolRad-6 | 1963-06-15 | |||
| SolRad-7A / GREB-5 | 1964-01-11 | |||
| SolRad-6B, SolRad-7B / GREB-6 | 1965-03-09 | |||
| SolRad-8 / Explorer-30 (SE-A) | 1965-11-19 | Explorer-30 | ||
| SolRad-9 / Explorer-37 (SE-B) | 1968-03-05 | Explorer-37 | ||
| SolRad-10 / Explorer-44 (SE-C) | 1971-07-09 | Explorer-44 | ||
| SolRad-11A, SolRad-11B | 1976-03-14 | SolRad-11A+11B | ||
| SolRad-11C | Not launched | |||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| Helios-1 (Helios-A) | 1974-12-10 | Helios Helios-1 | Helios | Helios |
| Helios-2 (Helios-B) | 1976-01-15 | |||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| OSO-1 (OSO-A) | 1962-03-07 | OSO | OSO | |
| OSO-2 (OSO-B) | 1965-02-03 | |||
| OSO-C [failed] | 1965-08-25 | |||
| OSO-3 (OSO-E) | 1967-03-08 | |||
| OSO-4 (OSO-D) | 1967-10-18 | |||
| OSO-5 (OSO-F) | 1969-01-22 | OSO-5 | ||
| OSO-6 (OSO-G) | 1969-08-09 | OSO-6 | ||
| OSO-7 (OSO-H) | 1971-09-29 | OSO-7 | ||
| OSO-8 (OSO-I) | 1975-06-21 | OSO-8 OSO-8 OSO-8 | ||
| AOSO | Canceled | AOSO AOSO AOSO (not OSO-1) | ||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| Solar-A / Yohkoh | 1991-08-30 | Solar-A | Solar | Solar |
| Solar-B / Hinode | 2006-09-22 | Solar-B | ||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| SMM [rocket-launched] | 1980-02-14 | SMM | SMM | SMM |
| SMM [STS/Challenger-repaired and re-launched] | 1984-04-08/12 | |||
| Ulysses [STS/Discovery-launched] | 1990-10-06 | Ulysses Ulysses | Ulysses | Ulysses |
| SOHO | 1995-12-02 | SOHO SOHO SOHO SOHO | SOHO | SOHO |
| STEREO-A, STEREO-B | 2006-10-26 | STEREO | STEREO STEREO STEREO STEREO STEREO STEREO (logo) STEREO (logo) STEREO STEREO | |
| Satellite | Country | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | |||
| CORONAS-I | Russia / Ukraine | 1994-03-02 | CORONAS-I | CORONAS pair | |
| CORONAS-F | Russia | 2001-07-13 | CORONAS-F | CORONAS pair | |
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