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Parker Solar Probe
NASA robotic space probe to probe the outer corona of the Sun. Parker Solar Probe was launched on August 12, 2018 aboard a Delta 4H/Star 48BV from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Aug 12, 2018).
COSPAR 2018-065ANORAD 43592United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Parker Solar Probe
- International designator
- 2018-065A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43592
- GCAT identifier
- S43592
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/877
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SOLTP
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Platform (bus)
- PSP
Launch
- Date
- August 12, 2018 · 07:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-065Success
- Rocket
- Delta 4H/Star 48BV
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 617 km
- Inclination
- 32.95°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- August 12, 2018
- Last known active
- Feb 26, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 685 kg
- Dry mass
- 605 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 3.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01008
- Final central body
- Venus
- Phase start
- October 2, 2018
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · October 3, 2018
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2018 | Earth | Aug 13, 2018 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Dec 26, 2019 | Venus | Dec 27, 2019 | Flyby | HCO |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Venus | Jul 11, 2020 | Flyby | HCO |
| Feb 20, 2021 | Venus | Feb 21, 2021 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Venus | Oct 16, 2021 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Aug 20, 2023 | Venus | Aug 22, 2023 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Venus | Nov 7, 2024 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q899091 (CC0).