United Launch AllianceDelta IV HeavySpace Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Parker Solar Probe
Launched
August 12, 2018
Image: United Launch Alliance
Summary
Parker Solar Probe launched on an United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy from Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 12, 2018. It was United Launch Alliance's 130th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 5,771st orbital launch attempt. It was the 10th Delta IV Heavy flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A). 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission Launches to Touch the SunNASA
- NASA’s Mission to ‘Kiss the Sun’ Launches in 360 DegreesNASA's Kennedy Space Center
- Delta IV Heavy Parker Solar Probe Launch HighlightsUnited Launch Alliance
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Heliophysics · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
- Milestone
- 10th Delta IV Heavy flight · 1st this yearUnited Launch Alliance's 130th launch6th this yearhumanity's 5,771st orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages
- Parker Solar Probe · NORAD 43592 · left Earth orbit August 12, 2018
Delta 380 · left Earth orbit August 12, 2018
Delta 380 Stage 3 · left Earth orbit August 12, 2018
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
35th launch from Space Launch Complex 37B, 1st this year · 774th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
40 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
511 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Parker Solar Probe launch?
Parker Solar Probe launched on August 12, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Parker Solar Probe?
Coverage: NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission Launches to Touch the Sun; NASA’s Mission to ‘Kiss the Sun’ Launches in 360 Degrees; Delta IV Heavy Parker Solar Probe Launch Highlights. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Parker Solar Probe?
Delta IV Heavy, flown by United Launch Alliance. Delta IV Heavy spec sheet
Where did Parker Solar Probe launch from?
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was Parker Solar Probe going to?
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A), a heliophysics mission.
How many satellites did Parker Solar Probe launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Parker Solar Probe part of?
NASA Large Strategic Science Missions. About NASA Large Strategic Science Missions