Spacecraft Event
Parker Solar Probe - 2nd Perihelion
24,000,000 km from Sun. Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe will reach it's 2nd close approach of the sun at approximately 24 Million kilometers out.
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Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 12, 2018, 7:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Flying into the Sun’s atmosphere (or corona) for the first time. Coming closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, Parker Solar Probe will employ a combination of in situ measurements and imaging to achieve the mission’s primary scientific goal: to understand how the Sun’s corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated.
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