Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Heliophysics · Helio-N/A
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…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER SOLAR PROBE 2018-065A | Payload | orbits the Sun | |
| DELTA 4 R/B(2) 2018-065B | Rocket body | orbits the Sun | |
| DELTA 4 R/B(3) 2018-065C | Rocket body | orbits the Sun |
COSPAR ID 2018-065 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).