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Mission
Planetary Science · Helio-N/A
Psyche is a NASA interplanetary mission to visit the main belt asteroid of the same name, 16 Psyche. Spacecraft will take 4 years and one Mars flyby to reach the asteroid, which is of particular interest due to being comprised mostly of iron and nickel. Psyche is theorized to be a remnant of an…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSYCHE 2023-157A | Payload | orbits the Sun | |
| FALCON HEAVY R/B 2023-157B | Rocket body | orbits the Sun |
COSPAR ID 2023-157 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).