United Launch AllianceDelta IV HeavySpace Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Delta IV Heavy | Parker Solar Probe
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No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.August 12, 2018Add to calendar
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United Launch Alliance's 130th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 5,771st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 12, 07:31 – Aug 12, 08:36 UTC
Flight preview
Parker Solar Probe
Flying into the Sun’s atmosphere (or corona) for the first time. Coming closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, Parker Solar Probe will employ a combination of in situ measurements and imaging to achieve the mission’s primary scientific goal: to understand how the Sun’s corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated.
Heliophysics · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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- NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission Launches to Touch the Sun — NASA
- NASA’s Mission to ‘Kiss the Sun’ Launches in 360 Degrees — NASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Delta IV Heavy Parker Solar Probe Launch Highlights — United Launch Alliance
