Space probe
IMAP
NASA · launched 2025
Maps the heliosphere’s boundary from L1, launched 2025.
Right now · as of
Sun–Earth L1
1.54 million km from Earth; a signal takes 5.1 s
147 million km from the Sun, moving at 0.23 km/s relative to Earth
Open in 3DInterstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
NASA heliophysics mission
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a heliophysics mission that simultaneously investigates two important and coupled science topics in the heliosphere: the acceleration of energetic particles and interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- September 24, 2025
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Launch site
- Kennedy LC-39A