ocr: THE MISSION THE LOSS AND RECOVERY After SOHO had completed its nominal two-year mission in April, 1998 and achieved spectacular results, its mission was extended to 2003 to cover the upcoming period of maximum solar activity expected to peak in 2000. However, due to an unfortunate se- quence of operational mistakes, radio contact was interrupted on June 25th, 1998. The spacecraff went into an uncontrolled spin, causing the loss of power. SOHO was lost for a month until the deeply frozen spacecraft was located by radar measurements on July 23rd. The animation here was made as if looking from th ...
