BackForward Satellite: Parker Solar Probe 

Satellite details
Acronym Parker Solar Probe
Full name Parker Solar Probe
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Single flight unit of the Solar Probe Plus programme.
  • Main mission: close-up observation of solar processes.
  • Heliocentric orbit with lowest perihelion at 5.9 million km (in the corona), to be reached for the first time after 6.4 years from launch; aphelion 108 million km.
Mass at launch 610 kg Dry mass 555 kg
Power 343 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Data available from NASA/GSFC.
Orbit Solar orbit Altitude
Inclination 3.4 °

 

Space agency NASA
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 12 Aug 2018 EOL ≥2025
Last update: 2022-03-21
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Parker Solar Probe

Acronym Full name
SWEAPI Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation
WISPR Wide-field Imager for Solar Probe
FIELDS Electromagnetic Fields Investigation
ISIS-EPI Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun - Energetic Particle Instruments
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