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What is the longest time a satellite can be used? What is the closest distance that a satellite can get to the sun?

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What is the longest time a satellite can be used? What is the closest distance that a satellite can get to the sun?

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Well, IMP-8 launched over 26 years ago and is still going strong! So some satellites last a very long time. About the closest distance that a satellite can get to the sun: Solar Probe, due to launch in 2003, is being designed to get within 4 solar radii.