Dati principali del lancio
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Data di lancio |
2006-01-19 19:00:00 |
Esito lancio |
SUCCESSO |
Dettagli della missione
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Nome |
New Horizons |
Tipo |
Esplorazione robotica |
Orbita |
Traiettoria di fuga dal Sole (Solar Esc.) |
Centro e rampa di lancio
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Nome |
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA1 2
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Lanci dalla rampa |
108 |
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Lanci dal Centro |
871 |
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Atterraggi al Centro |
32 |
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Lanciatore
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Vettore |
Atlas V 551 1
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Costruttore |
United Launch Alliance 1 2
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Fornitore servizi di lancio |
United Launch Alliance 1 2
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Primo volo |
2006-01-19 |
Numero stadi |
2 |
Altezza |
59,70 m |
Diametro |
3,80 m |
Peso al lancio |
573 t |
Spinta al decollo |
12.269 kN |
Capacità di carico |
LEO: 18.850 kg GTO: 8.890 kg |
Successi/Lanci totali |
12/12 (12 consecutivi) |
Ultimo aggiornamento: 2023-01-23T19:53:54 con AstronautiBOT 10 beta 15D - Fonte: LaunchLibrary2 API
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA’s New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by S. Alan Stern, the spacecraft was launched in 2006 with the primary mission to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system in 2015, and a secondary mission to fly by and study one or more other Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) in the decade to follow. It is the fifth artificial object to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System.