Ulysses
ESA · NASA · launched 1990 · ended 2009
First craft to fly over the Sun’s poles.
Right now · as of
Interplanetary cruise
253 million km (1.69 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 14 min 4 s
271 million km (1.81 AU) from the Sun, moving at 26.8 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
October 6, 1990
Launched on Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41) / IUS / PAM-S from Kennedy LC-39B
February 8, 1992
Flies past Jupiter, 450,485 km away
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Ulysses (spacecraft)
NASA/ESA solar probe launched in 1990
Ulysses was a robotic space probe whose primary mission was to orbit the Sun and study it at all latitudes. It was launched in 1990 and made three "fast latitude scans" of the Sun in 1994/1995, 2000/2001, and 2007/2008. In addition, the probe studied several comets.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- ESA · NASA
- Launched
- October 6, 1990
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41) / IUS / PAM-S
- Launch site
- Kennedy LC-39B
- Mission ended
- 2009
- International designator
- 1990-090B