Greenbelt-built satellite set to observe solar unpredictability

The newest satellite creation to study the sun was created and built in Greenbelt and will continue to be controlled from NASA-Goddard for the next five years.

At nearly 15 feet tall and 6,800 lbs., the Solar Dynamics Observatory is en route to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it will be launched  in November 2009

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