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Psyche
NASA spacecraft en route to metallic asteroid 16 Psyche. Psyche was launched on October 13, 2023 aboard a Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Oct 13, 2023).
COSPAR 2023-157ANORAD 58049United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Psyche
- International designator
- 2023-157A
- NORAD catalog number
- 58049
- GCAT identifier
- S58049
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1179
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Discovery
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Maxar Space Solutions Group
- Platform (bus)
- SSL-1300
Launch
- Date
- October 13, 2023 · 14:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-157Success
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 794 km
- Inclination
- 30.10°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- October 13, 2023
- Last known active
- Oct 13, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,608 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,648 kg
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 24.7 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01135
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- October 13, 2023
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body · October 16, 2023
- Destination
- HCO
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q21079313 (CC0).