SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) inzvimbo yekufambisa yakavakwa neEuropean indasitiri yakatungamirwa naMatra Marconi Space (zvino Astrium) iyo yakatangwa pa Lockheed Martin Atlas II AS inotakura motokari musi waZvita 2, 1995 kuti iongorore Zuva. SOHO yakawanawo makometi anopfuura 3,000. Yakatanga kushanda zvakajairika muna Chivabvu 1996. Icho chirongwa chakabatana chekudyidzana kwenyika dzese pakati peEuropean Space Agency (ESA) neNASA. Pakutanga yakarongwa semakore maviri, SOHO inoenderera mberi ichishanda mushure memakore anopfuura makumi maviri muchadenga: basa rakawedzera kusvika pakupera kwa2020 pamwe nekuwedzerwa kusvika muna 2022.
December 2, 1995