Uploaded April 2010 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Launched on the 11th of February 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) had its first light and started sending back images to earth on March 30th 2010.
On April 21st 2010 NASA held a news briefing to unveil initial images from the SDO at 2:15pm EDT in the atrium of the Newseum in Washington.
This video is a collection of these initial images thrown together with a few older ones from other sources and some footage of the launch to celebrate this momentous occasion.
You can find out more about the Solar Dynamics observatory at sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov and see more spectacular footage as it is revealed on the SDO YouTube channel from which the footage in this video was taken at youtube.com/user/SDOmission2009
Music
Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles
Abbey Road 1969
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use
Launched on the 11th of February 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) had its first light and started sending back images to earth on March 30th 2010.
On April 21st 2010 NASA held a news briefing to unveil initial images from the SDO at 2:15pm EDT in the atrium of the Newseum in Washington.
This video is a collection of these initial images thrown together with a few older ones from other sources and some footage of the launch to celebrate this momentous occasion.
You can find out more about the Solar Dynamics observatory at sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov and see more spectacular footage as it is revealed on the SDO YouTube channel from which the footage in this video was taken at youtube.com/user/SDOmission2009
Music
Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles
Abbey Road 1969
Audio used is under the fair use clause
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use
