New Horizons mission

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth_(as_of_2024) >8 billion km
gptkbp:distanceTraveled_(as_of_2024) >8 billion km
gptkbp:duration ongoing
gptkbp:firstBook First mission to study Pluto up close
First mission to visit a Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto
gptkbp:firstSpacecraftToVisit gptkb:Pluto
gptkbp:flybyDate_(Arrokoth) 2019-01-01
gptkbp:flybyDate_(Pluto) 2015-07-14
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:NASA_Science_Mission_Directorate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Horizons mission
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:missionID gptkb:NH
gptkbp:missionType planetary science
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Pluto's_heart-shaped_Tombaugh_Regio
Complex geology on Pluto and Charon
First close-up images of Arrokoth
Mountains of water ice on Pluto
Pluto's blue atmospheric haze
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Glen_Fountain
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:period gptkb:Kuiper_Belt_Extended_Mission
Pluto flyby
gptkbp:powerSource gptkb:Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:Alan_Stern
gptkbp:speedAtPlutoEncounter ~14 km/s
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:supportsProtocol X-band radio
gptkbp:target gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Kuiper_Belt
gptkbp:teamLeadInstitution gptkb:Southwest_Research_Institute
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory
gptkbp:type gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:Arrokoth
gptkb:Kuiper_Belt_objects
gptkb:Charon
Pluto's moons
solar wind in the outer solar system
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Applied_Physics_Laboratory
gptkb:NASA_Deep_Space_Network
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5