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4. Conclusions

[40]  During the half-century period from the International Geophysical Year (1957) to the International Heliophysical Year (2007), from the first artificial satellite (1957) to the solar space observatory CORONAS-F (2001-2005), thanks to the entire series of solar and heliospheric space projects (SOHO, TRACE, ULYSSES, Solar A, RHESSI, and CORONAS-F) in the studies of solar activity and its impact on the Earth a considerable success was achieved in understanding of the main processes occurring in the Sun-Earth system. This understanding allows us to estimate correctly the influence of the space weather on the human activity on the Earth and in Space. It makes also possible to provide the necessary level of space weather prediction needed to provide the safety of cosmonauts, space vehicles, communication and navigation systems, and extended ground-based communication and transport systems.

[41]  The acting (SOHO, STEREO, Hinode, TRACE, RHESSI), prepared to be launched (SDO, Solar probe, CORONAS-PHOTON, and others), and being developed (Interhelioprobe, Solar Orbiter, and others) heliospheric and solar space missions of various space agencies continue fundamental and vitally important solar-terrestrial studies. A start to these studies was given in 1957 by the launching of the first artificial satellite and by the wide program of the International Geophysical Year.

[42]  This paper presents only some of the most important results of the CORONAS-F project. One can find their more detailed description in the reviews [Kuznetsov, 2004, 2005, 2006a, 2006b; Kuznetsov et al., 2004, 2005; Oraevsky and Sobelman, 2002; Oraevsky et al., 2002, 2003] and in the references therein.


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Citation: Kuznetsov, V. D. (2007), From the geophysical to heliophysical year: The results of the CORONAS-F project, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 9, ES3004, doi:10.2205/2007ES000276.

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