New Horizons

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

19:00:00

Thursday January 19, 2006

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New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

478 kilograms

Rocket

Active

Atlas V 551

Active Since 2006

Manufacturer

ULA

Price

$153.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.81m

Height: 62.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 18,850 kg

GTO: 8,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

12,141 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 26.5m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

5

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V

7th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2006

2006

1st

Orbital launch attempt