Psyche
NASA · launched 2023
Electric-propulsion cruise to the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche, arriving 2029.
Right now · as of
Interplanetary cruise
265 million km (1.77 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 14 min 43 s
265 million km (1.77 AU) from the Sun, moving at 24.1 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
October 13, 2023
Launched on Falcon Heavy from Kennedy LC-39A
May 15, 2026
Flies past Mars, 13,804 km away
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Psyche (spacecraft)
Reconnaissance NASA mission of the main belt asteroid 16 Psyche
Psyche is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023, to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the project.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- October 13, 2023
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Launch site
- Kennedy LC-39A
- International designator
- 2023-157A