Parker Solar Probe mission

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Parker_Solar_Probe_mission
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:apogee 109 million km
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Thermal_Protection_System_(TPS)
gptkbp:closestApproachDistance 6.9 million km from Sun
gptkbp:cost US$1.5 billion
gptkbp:firstSolarEncounter 2018-11-05
gptkbp:firstVenusFlyby 2018-10-03
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Parker Solar Probe mission
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:FIELDS
gptkb:ISʘIS
gptkb:SWEAP
gptkb:WISPR
gptkbp:launchDate 2018-08-12
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_37B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_IV_Heavy
gptkbp:maximumSpeed ~700,000 km/h
gptkbp:missionType heliophysics
solar observation
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Eugene_Parker
gptkbp:numberOfVenusFlybys 7
gptkbp:objective study solar wind
study solar corona
study energetic particles
study magnetic fields
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType heliocentric
gptkbp:perihelion 6.9 million km
gptkbp:plannedLength 7 years
gptkbp:program gptkb:NASA_Heliophysics_Division
gptkbp:recordedAt closest approach to the Sun by a spacecraft
fastest human-made object
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Parker_Solar_Probe
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:target Sun
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/solarprobe/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:WISPR
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6