Space probe

OSIRIS-APEX

NASA · launched 2016

Formerly OSIRIS-REx; meets asteroid Apophis after its 2029 Earth flyby.

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Right now · as of

Interplanetary cruise

91.4 million km from Earth; a signal takes 5 min 5 s

153 million km (1.02 AU) from the Sun, moving at 30.0 km/s relative to the Sun

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The flight

  1. September 8, 2016

    Launched on Atlas V 411 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41

  2. September 22, 2017

    Flies past Earth, 23,592 km away

  3. September 24, 2023

    Flies past Moon, 346,561 km away

  4. September 24, 2023

    Flies past Earth, 7,267 km away

  5. September 23, 2025

    Flies past Earth, 9,909 km away

  6. March 16, 2027 · expected

    Flies past Earth, 10,559 km away

  7. March 16, 2027 · expected

    Flies past Moon, 132,293 km away

  8. April 13, 2029 · expected

    Flies past Earth, 7,909 km away

From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.

Facts

What it is
Space probe
Agency
NASA
Launched
September 8, 2016
Rocket
Atlas V 411
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SLC-41
International designator
2016-055A
3D model
NASA/Christopher R. Meaney

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