Japan's Hinode solar observatory has been studying the sun since the spacecraft's launch in 2006.

自从2006年宇宙飞船的发射，日本的日之出太阳观测台一直在研究太阳。

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But in 1997 NASA decided ISEE-3 had done its job as a solar observatory and comet-chaser, and shut it down.

但是1997年，美国航空航天局决定：ISEE - 3项目已经完成了它作为一个天文观测台和彗星追逐者的工作，并且停止了该项目。

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NASA launched a series of eight orbiting observatories known as the orbiting Solar Observatory between 1962 and 1971.

NASA在1962年到1971年间发射了被称为“轨道太阳观测台”的一系列共8个轨道观测卫星。

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Matt Penn and William Livingston of the National Solar Observatory predict that by the time Solar Cycle 25 arrives, magnetic fields on the sun will be so weak that few if any sunspots will be formed.

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