LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sat Oct 16 2021
United Launch Alliance
Lucy
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(9:34 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(9:34 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(10:49 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Atlas V 401Description:
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Robotic Exploration
- Lucy is the first mission to explore and study Trojan asteroids. The Trojans are a type of asteroids that orbit the Sun in two groups, in front of and behind Jupiter in its orbit around our star. Since these asteroids have been in such stable orbits for billions of years, they are of great interest as remnants of early Solar System. Lucy is a NASA mission led by NASA Goddard and Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Over the course of 12 years, Lucy will fly by seven different Trojan asteroids and also one main belt asteroid. The complex trajectory to visit all targets will include several Earth gravity assists.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41