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If it makes you feel better, the Earth missions are not shown. There are a lot. Also, they seem to have left out missions that end in the Lagrange points. L1
by mturmon 13y ago
If it makes you feel better, the Earth missions are not shown. There are a lot.
Also, they seem to have left out missions that end in the Lagrange points. L1 is about 1% of the way to the Sun, and SoHO (for one) went there in 1996 and is still operating there. L2 is 1% in the opposite direction, and WMAP and Planck are/were there in 2009 when that map was made.
Finally, I think Stereo A and B may not be not there either; they trail/lead the Earth in its orbit; now they are almost on the opposite side of the Sun compared to Earth (http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/where.shtml http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/where.shtml).