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Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe

United Launch AllianceSpace Launch Complex 37B — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Parker Solar Probe
Type
Heliophysics
Target orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Weather probability
95% go

Flying into the Sun’s atmosphere (or corona) for the first time. Coming closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, Parker Solar Probe will employ a combination of in situ measurements and imaging to achieve the mission’s primary scientific goal: to understand how the Sun’s corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated.

schedule

NET (no earlier than)
Window opens
Window closes
Last updated

vehicle & provider

Rocket
Delta IV Heavy
Family
Delta
Variant
Heavy
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Type
Commercial
Country
USA

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launch site

Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B
Location
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York