SDO is designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously.
November 10, 2008 - Shout, Shake, and Bake: SDO Finishes Endurance Testing
With a successful functional test, SDO has successfully completed the critical 'shout, shake, and bake' tests," said Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Project Scientist Dr. Dean Pesnell.