New Horizons
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New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers programme.[1]
 New Horizons space probe | |||||||||||||||||
| Mission teep | Flyby (Pluto · 2014 MU69) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||||||||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 2006-001A | ||||||||||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 28928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wabsteix | pluto nasa.gov/newhorizons | ||||||||||||||||
| Mission duration | Primary mission: 9.5 years Elapsed: 18 years, 11 months and 7 days | ||||||||||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | APL / SwRI | ||||||||||||||||
| Launch mass | 478 kg (1,054 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Dry mass | 401 kg (884 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Peylaid mass | 30.4 kg (67 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 2.2 × 2.1 × 2.7 m (7.2 × 6.9 × 8.9 ft) | ||||||||||||||||
| Pouer | 228 watts | ||||||||||||||||
| Stairt o mission | |||||||||||||||||
| Launch date | January 19, 2006, 19:00 UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Rocket | Atlas V 551 | ||||||||||||||||
| Launch steid | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contractor | United Launch Alliance | ||||||||||||||||
| Fleebi o Muin | |||||||||||||||||
| Closest approach | January 20, 2006, 04:00 UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 189,916 km (118,008 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Fleebi o (132524) APL (incidental) | |||||||||||||||||
| Closest approach | June 13, 2006, 04:05 UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 101,867 km (63,297 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Fleebi o Jupiter (gravity assist) | |||||||||||||||||
| Closest approach | February 28, 2007, 05:43:40 UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 2,300,000 km (1,400,000 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Fleebi o Pluto | |||||||||||||||||
| Closest approach | July 14, 2015, 11:49:57 UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 12,500 km (7,800 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Fleebi o 2014 MU69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Closest approach | January 1, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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References
eedit- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (18 Julie 2015). "The Long, Strange Trip to Pluto, and How NASA Nearly Missed It". New York Times. Retrieved 19 Julie 2015.