Authors: William Thompson, Michael Kaiser, Terry Kucera
Affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) will employ two nearly identical spacecraft in heliocentric orbits, one ahead of Earth, the other trailing behind, to provide the first-ever stereoscopic measurements to study the Sun and the nature of its coronal mass ejections. Scheduled for launch in early 2006, STEREO will complement the Living With a Star program by providing a unique new viewpoint. The STEREO Science Center at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will be the "one-stop shopping" location for STEREO data, observation plans, analysis software, and links to other mission resources. Along with the other data products, a special "Space Weather Beacon" telemetry stream, relayed through an array of antenna partners coordinated by NOAA, will provide near-real-time images, radio, and in-situ data.