Answer: #AtlasV will hit a top speed of 27,000 mph to put #SolarOrbiter on its Earth departure trajectory to the inner solar system. Congrats to Ethan Pepper for the correct response!

#SolarOrbiter - we hear you! We have acquisition of signal. Our New Norica tracking station has locked on to #SolarOrbiter. Transmission coming in loud and clear. #AOS✅ #LoudAndClear〰️ #Estrack📡

A really nice moment after the stage separation around 4m10s - the lower stage vanishes from sight, but then re-appears when the next stage ignites. Followed by final separation of #SolarOrbiter at 7m40s, on its way to the sun youtube.com/watch?v=iGCq5q…

First data from #SolarOrbiter science instruments have reached the ground! What did we learn from them? And what's next for our science teams? Check our latest news! esa.int/Science_Explor… #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

Yes, it's true! ESA's Solar Orbiter's Magnetometer sent us its first measurements, which provided insights into the effects of the spacecraft platform on the measured magnetic field. What's next for our science teams? #weareallsolarorbiters esa.int/Science_Explor…

Solar Orbiter, built in the UK and launched last week, has successfully sent back its first science measurements. 🛰️ Data from the on-board magnetometer, built and led by Imperial College London, reached the ground on Thursday. 📡 #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters gov.uk/government/new…

As the #SolarOrbiter boom was deployed last week, the @SolarOrbiterMAG data first reflected mostly the spacecraft magnetic field, eventually providing a first glimpse of the much weaker field in the surrounding environment 👍 #weareallsolarorbiters 📽️👉youtube.com/watch?v=d1xYia…

@SolarOrbiterMAG The first #SolarOrbiter Magnetometer measurements of the interplanetary magnetic field, taken after the instrument boom deployment, more than one million km away from Earth, look good 👇 #weareallsolarorbiters x.com/SolarOrbiterMA…

A great piece by @h_dunning about the start of the ESA's Solar Orbiter mission and the first data returned by @SolarOrbiterMAG #SolarOrbiter #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters imperial.ac.uk/news/195354/fi…

Recap of the ESA's Solar Orbiter launch (with added chunky backing track) #SolarOrbiter #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters youtube.com/watch?v=6GTIqB…

And (with a slightly more ambient backdrop) the projected orbital trajectory over the next decade bit.ly/38Ocrr6 (we're currently somewhere between 7 and 8 seconds) #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

Tracking ESA's Solar Orbiter live using the ESTRACK Now service: bit.ly/2T13ZxF. Half-way through our ~10hr comms pass with Cebreros groundstation in Spain, we are now almost 4.5 million km from Earth with a round trip light time of 30 secs #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

Half way there! #SolarOrbiter #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

.ESA's Solar Orbiter will cross through the tails of Comet #ATLAS during the next few days. Although the spacecraft was not due to collect science data, mission experts have worked to ensure that instruments will be on during this unique encounter 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…

Bonus #science opportunity for #SolarOrbiter, which will cross through the tails of #Comet ATLAS in the next few days. The mission's 4 in-situ instruments will be switched on and collecting data during the encounter 👍 #weareallsolarorbiters More details: esa.int/Science_Explor…

The commissioning of #SolarOrbiter has been proceeding over the past three months to ensure the spacecraft and instruments will be fully functional for the 1st close pass of the #Sun, to take place on 15 June, around 77 million km from our parent star.

Open Access UCL Research: The Solar Orbiter magnetometer discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1011…

Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it. #CountdownToMars

Very pleased to get my certificate for Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth Monitoring on FutureLearn - thanks to EUMETSAT and ECMWF for making this hugely valuable course available! #ai4earthmonitoring #Copernicus #OpenData #AI #MachineLearning futurelearn.com/certificates/0…

A very useful Bid Writing Workshop session from European Space Agency. Thanks to UK Space Agency, North West Space Cluster and GM Chamber for organising and hosting. Hope to see many of the attendees again soon.