New Horizons

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:dimensions 2.1 x 2.7 x 2.7 m
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth over 50 AU (as of 2024)
gptkbp:duration planned 10 years, ongoing
gptkbp:firstMissionTo gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Kuiper_Belt_object
gptkbp:flyby gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:486958_Arrokoth
gptkbp:flybyDate 2015-07-14
2019-01-01
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Horizons
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Alice
gptkb:LORRI
gptkb:PEPSSI
gptkb:REX
gptkb:SDC
gptkb:SWAP
gptkb:Ralph
gptkbp:launchDate 2006-01-19
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_41
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Atlas_V_551
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Applied_Physics_Laboratory
gptkbp:mass 478 kg
gptkbp:missionType planetary science
gptkbp:notableFinds detailed images of Pluto's surface
discovery of Pluto's mountains and plains
images of Arrokoth
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:period gptkb:Kuiper_Belt_Extended_Mission
gptkbp:powerSource isotope
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:Alan_Stern
gptkbp:projectCost ~$700 million
gptkbp:speed ~16.26 km/s (relative to Sun after launch)
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:supportsProtocol X-band radio
gptkbp:target gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Kuiper_Belt
gptkbp:team gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkb:University_of_Colorado_Boulder
gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkb:Lowell_Observatory
gptkb:NASA_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkb:Ball_Aerospace
gptkb:Southwest_Research_Institute
gptkb:Space_Science_and_Engineering_Division
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory
gptkbp:website http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA
gptkb:National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration
gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4