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brought to you by the CELIAS/MTOF Proton Monitor on the SOHO Spacecraft

ISSI video: 25 Years of SOHO and First Glimpses of Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter

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There is a problem with the motor controlling the High Gain Antenna on the SOHO spacecraft. Science data coverage may be less than complete for 1-2 weeks every 90 days (when the spacecraft gets 'flipped'). The next "keyhole" period can be found in this table.

An energetic particle flare monitor using the PM background rate
An X-ray flare monitor using data from the CELIAS/SEM sensor
ShockSpotter description

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Most Recent Shock Candidates:

Dates

10 Oct 2026

13 Sep 2026

09 Sep 2026

UT

1444

1221

0429

day of year

283

256

252

F/R

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Zone

4

1

1

Confidence Level

99%

60%

60%

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Current time in UTC

Two Day PM Plot — Data ending at 1625 GMT on October 16, 2026 (2 minute ascii data)

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Two Week PM Plot — Data ending at 2357 GMT on October 15, 2026 (15 minute ascii data)

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Where is SoHO?

The predicted position of the SOHO spacecraft in the GSE coordinate system (X,Y,Z) in Earth radii at 0610 GMT on Oct 15, 2020:

( 210, -99, 2 )

Daily Orbit Data:

Launch through 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

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What's being plotted?

What do the colors mean?

About the PM sensor

The SOHO mission

The Proton Monitor (PM) is one of the scientific sensors in the Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System (CELIAS) instrument package aboard the SOHO spacecraft.

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