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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
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 early planet's core, and may offer insights into how solar system formed and evolved. The mission is led by Arizona State University, with NASA JPL being responsible for mission management and operations.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon Heavy
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Destination orbit
- Heliocentric N/A
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- Discovery Program
- Recovery
- Expended, B1079 was expended after its first flight.
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon Heavy
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 12.2 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 11
- First flight
- 2018-02-06
Core
B1079
Flight 1New
- Recovery
- Atlantic Ocean
- Landing method
- Expended
Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Weather concerns
Anvil Cloud Rules, Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule
Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site
DestinationHeliocentric N/A
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