NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Parker Solar Probe

Launch Time
Sun Aug 12, 2018 07:31 UTC

Delta IV Heavy used a Star-48BV third stage during this launch.

Rocket

Delta IV Heavy
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Price: $350.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 9,411 kN
Payload to LEO: 28,370 kg
Payload to GTO: 13,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 72.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.1 m
Fairing Height: 19.1 m
Details

Mission Details

Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe will be the first spacecraft to fly into the low solar corona. It will determine the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal magnetic field, understand how the solar corona and wind are heated and accelerated, and determine what processes accelerate energetic particles. The Parker Solar Probe mission design uses repeated gravity assists at Venus to incrementally decrease its orbital perihelion to achieve multiple passes of the Sun at approximately 8.5 solar radii, or about 6 million km (3.7 million mi; 0.040 AU).

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 685.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
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Location

SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2018

65th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

129th mission
6th mission of 2018
128th successful mission
124th consecutive successful mission

Delta IV Heavy

10th mission
1st mission of 2018
9th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission