Extra Info- Solar Probes

Solar probes

These are solar observation probes designed to operate in heliocentric orbit or at one of the Earth-Sun Lagrangian points. The list excludes Earth-orbiting solar observatories.

Spacecraft		Organization	Date	Type	Status	Notes	Image
Pioneer 5		NASA/ DOD	March–April 1960	orbiter	success	measured magnetic field phenomena, solar flare particles, and ionization in the interplanetary region
Pioneer 6		NASA	December 1965 – still contactable in 2000	orbiter	success	network of solar-orbiting "space weather" monitors, observing solar wind, cosmic rays, and magnetic fields
Pioneer 7		NASA	August 1966 – still contactable in 1995	orbiter	success
Pioneer 8		NASA	December 1967 – still contactable in 2001	orbiter	success
Pioneer 9		NASA	November 1968 – May 1983	orbiter	success
Pioneer-E		NASA	27 August 1969	orbiter	failure	intended as part of the Pioneer 6–9 network; failed to reach orbit
Helios A		NASA/ BWF	November 1974 – 1982	orbiter	success	observations of solar wind, magnetic and electric fields, cosmic rays and cosmic dust between Earth and Sun
Helios B		NASA/ BWF	January 1976 – 1985?	orbiter	success
ISEE-3		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
Ulysses (first pass)		ESA/ NASA	1994	orbiter	success	south polar observations
			1995			north polar observations
WIND		NASA	November 1994 — still returning data (as of December 2010)[11]	orbiter	success	solar wind measurements
SOHO		ESA/ NASA	May 1996 – mission extended until at least December 2012[13]	orbiter	success	investigation of Sun's core, corona, and solar wind; comet discoveries
ACE		NASA	August 1997 – still returning data (as of December 2010)[15]	orbiter	success	solar wind observations
Ulysses (second pass)		ESA/ NASA	2000	orbiter	success	south polar observations
			2001			north polar observations
Genesis		NASA	2001–2004	orbiter/ sample return	partial success	solar wind sample return; crash landed on return to Earth, some samples salvaged
STEREO A		NASA	December 2006 – still active (as of December 2010)	orbiter	success	stereoscopic imaging of coronal mass ejections and other solar phenomena
STEREO B		NASA	December 2006 – still active (as of December 2010)	orbiter	success
Ulysses (third pass)		ESA/ NASA	2007	orbiter	success	south polar observations
			2008		partial success	north polar observations; some data returned despite failing power and reduced transmission capacity
Solar Sentinels		NASA	2015	multi-probe orbiter	planned	six probes watching the sun
Solar Orbiter		ESA	2015	orbiter	planned	close-range solar observations
Solar Probe Plus		NASA	2015	orbiter	under study	close-range coronal observations
		I got this data from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_probes There are many other datas from Planets' Probes