<Li> TRACE--The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer is a NASA Small Explorer program (SMEX) to image the solar corona and transition region at high angular and temporal resolution . It has passband filters at 173 Å, 195 Å, 284 Å, 1600 Å with a spatial resolution of 0.5 arc sec, the best at these wavelengths . </Li> <Li> SDO--The Solar Dynamics Observatory is a NASA project composed of 3 different instruments: the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) and the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE). It has been operating since February 2010 in a geosynchronous earth orbit . </Li> <Li> Hinode--The Hinode spacecraft, originally called Solar B, was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in September 2006 to observe solar flares in more precise detail . Its instrumentation, supplied by an international collaboration including Norway, the U.K., the U.S., and Africa focuses on the powerful magnetic fields thought to be the source of solar flares . Such studies shed light on the causes of this activity, possibly helping to forecast future flares and thus minimize their dangerous effects on satellites and astronauts . </Li> <Li> ACE--The Advanced Composition Explorer was launched in 1997 into a halo orbit around the earth - sun L1 point . It carries spectrometers, magnetometers and charged particle detectors to analyze the solar wind . The Real Time Solar Wind (RTSW) beacon is continually monitored by a network of NOAA - sponsored ground stations to provide early warning of earth - bound CMEs . </Li>

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