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New Horizons
NASA probe that visited Pluto and Kuiper belt object 486958 Arrokoth. New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006 aboard a Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jan 19, 2006).
COSPAR 2006-001ANORAD 28928United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- New Horizons
- International designator
- 2006-001A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28928
- GCAT identifier
- S28928
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/493
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- New Frontiers
- Owner
- NASA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- NewHorizons
Launch
- Date
- January 19, 2006 · 19:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-001Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 551
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 339 km
- Inclination
- 29.58°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- January 19, 2006
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 478 kg
- Dry mass
- 401 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00843
- Final central body
- Jupiter
- Phase start
- January 27, 2007
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · April 1, 2007
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2006 | Earth | Jan 21, 2006 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Jul 8, 2015 | Pluto | Jul 20, 2015 | Flyby | HCO |
| Jan 1, 2019 | Arrokoth | Jan 1, 2019 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q48461 (CC0).