Parker Solar Probe
Spacecraft properties Manufacturer Applied Physics Laboratory Launch mass 685 kg Dry mass 555 kg Propellant 85 (52.7?) kg hydrazine Dimensions 1.0 m × 3.0 m × 2.3 m Power 343 W (at closest approach) spacecraft PSP Credit: Jef Castro/Space.com Above the surface, the corona (illustrated here) extends for millions of miles and roils with plasma. Eventually, it continues outward as the solar wind, a supersonic stream of plasma permeating the entire solar system. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Lisa Poje/Genna Duberstein Start of mission: 2018-aug-12 07:31 UTC Rocket Delta IV Heavy / Star-48BV Launch site Cape Canaveral SLC-37 Contractor United Launch Alliance mass 2165 kg propellant 2010 kg fraction 0,93 burn time 84 sec thrust 68,6 kN ISP 292 sec Installation of Star 48BV and Parker Solar Probe on adapt...