New Horizons mission (NASA)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_Horizons_mission_(NASA)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth_(as_of_2024) over 55 AU
gptkbp:duration ongoing (extended mission)
planned 9.5 years (to Pluto)
gptkbp:flybyDate_(Arrokoth) 2019-01-01
gptkbp:flybyDate_(Pluto) 2015-07-14
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Horizons mission (NASA)
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Alice
gptkb:LORRI
gptkb:PEPSSI
gptkb:REX
gptkb:SDC
gptkb:SWAP
gptkb:Ralph
gptkbp:launchDate 2006-01-19
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Atlas_V_551
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_41
gptkbp:missionType planetary science
gptkbp:notableAchievement first close-up images of Pluto
first spacecraft to fly by Pluto
first flyby of a Kuiper Belt object (Arrokoth)
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:powerSource isotope
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:Alan_Stern
gptkbp:program gptkb:New_Frontiers_program
gptkbp:spacecraftMass 478 kg
gptkbp:speedAfterLaunch ~16.26 km/s (relative to Earth)
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:supportsProtocol X-band radio
gptkbp:target gptkb:Pluto
gptkb:486958_Arrokoth
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Southwest_Research_Institute
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6