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Hinode (Solar-B)
Hinode, meaning 'sunrise,' is a solar observation satellite developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in collaboration with NASA and the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council. Launched in September 2006, it carries three instruments: the Solar Optical Telescope, X-Ray Teles...
apps Top Hinode (Solar-B) Alternatives
The top alternative to Hinode (Solar-B) in 2026 is Hayabusa2 with a score of 9.3/10, followed by Hayabusa (8.8) and Solar Orbiter (8.6).
Hayabusa2
The Hayabusa2 mission, developed by JAXA, successfully collected and returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu. This acti...
Hayabusa
The Hayabusa mission, developed by JAXA, successfully retrieved microscopic samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010. T...
Solar Orbiter
Solar Orbiter is a spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency with NASA participation to study the Sun and the in...
Proba-3
Proba-3 is a European Space Agency technology demonstration mission consisting of two separate spacecraft. These satelli...
HTV-1 (Kounotori)
HTV-1, also designated Kounotori 1, was the inaugural flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an uncrewed cargo spacecraft...
SELENE
The SELENE mission, formerly known as Kaguya, is a Japanese space exploration project operated by JAXA. It deployed an o...
Kaguya
Kaguya, officially designated as SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), was a lunar orbiter mission developed...
Kaguya (SELENE)
Kaguya, officially named SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), was a Japanese lunar orbiter launched by the J...
Suzaku (ASTRO-EII)
Suzaku, originally designated ASTRO-EII, was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite launched in 2005 and operated through...
IKAROS
IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) was an experimental spacecraft developed by the J...
Arase (ERG)
Arase, also known as ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace), is a satellite launched by the Japan A...
Yohkoh
Yohkoh, originally designated as the Solar-A mission, was a Japanese solar observation satellite launched in 1991. The s...
TRACE
TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer) was a NASA heliophysics satellite launched in 1998 to study the Sun's mag...
Suisei
Suisei, meaning "comet" in Japanese, was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical S...
Akari
Akari, originally known as ASTRO-F, was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Age...
Akatsuki
Akatsuki, also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter, is a JAXA spacecraft launched in 2010 to study the atmospheric dynami...
SLIM
SLIM was Japan's lunar lander built by JAXA to demonstrate pinpoint landing, making Japan the fifth country to soft-land...
Sakigake
Sakigake was an uncrewed space probe launched by Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in January 1985. I...
Geotail
Geotail was a joint Japanese and United States space mission launched in 1992 to investigate Earth's magnetosphere, espe...
RHESSI
RHESSI, the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, was a NASA spacecraft launched in 2002 to study energe...
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