Solar Orbiter launch: what is it and what will it do?

It is the new space mission that will show us the sun like we have never seen it before.

The spacecraft named Solar Orbiter is a mission of the European Space Agency and was assembled at Airbus in Stevenage, England.

Many scientists call it the most important mission in Britain in one generation.

BBC science journalist Laura Foster explains what SolO will do and how it will help us improve technology here on Earth.

The spacecraft is scheduled to launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday, February 9, at 11:03 p.m. local time (4:03 a.m. GMT on Monday).

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