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Parker Solar Probe
This mission is complete.
Vehicle
Delta IV Heavy
Profile →Vehicle details are not available yet.
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Profile →USA • Founded 2006
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spa...
Mission Brief
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.
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Latitude
- 28.532°N
- Longitude
- 80.565°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
No formal weather rule concerns published.
- Primary concern
- None published
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
07:31 AM UTC - 08:36 AM UTC
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.


