LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Aug 12 2018
United Launch Alliance
Parker Solar Probe
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
Loading...
(7:31 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
Loading...
(7:31 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
Loading...
(8:36 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Delta IV HeavyDescription:
The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family, and is the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation. It is manufactured by United Launch Alliance and was first launched in 2004.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Heliophysics
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B