Parker Solar Probe
NASA robotic space probe to probe the outer corona of the Sun
AI overview
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is a robotic spacecraft designed to study the Sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona. By getting closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, it helps scientists understand fundamental processes of the Sun that affect space weather and conditions throughout our solar system.
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Key facts
- Names
- Solar Probe (before 2002), Solar Probe Plus (2010–2017), Parker Solar Probe (since 2017)
- Mission type
- Heliophysics
- Operator
- NASA / Applied Physics Laboratory
- Cospar id
- 2018-065A
- Website
- parkersolarprobe .jhuapl .edu
- Mission duration
- 7 years (planned), Elapsed: 7 years, 9 months and 21 days
- Manufacturer
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- Launch mass
- 685 kg (1,510 lb)
- Dry mass
- 555 kg (1,224 lb)
- Payload mass
- 50 kg (110 lb)
- Dimensions
- 1 × 3 × 2.3 m (3.3 × 9.8 × 7.5 ft)
- Power
- 343 W (at closest approach)
Article
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