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New Horizons at Kennedy Space Center in 2005Pluto by New Horizons Charon by New Horizons 486958 Arrokoth by New Horizons List of New Horizons topics is a list of topics related to the New Horizons
On January 19, 2006 it was launched directly into a solar-escape trajectory at 16.26 kilometers per second (58,536 km/h; 36,373 mph) from Cape Canaveral using an Atlas V version with 5 SRBs and Star 48B thirdstage .[1] New Horizons passed the Moon's orbit in just nine hours.[2] [3]
132524 APL , Distant observation target15810 Arawn (1994 JR1), Distant observation target2011 HM102 , Neptune Trojan considered as an observation target[4] 2011 KW48 , distant observation target2014 MT69 , former candidate for New Horizons flyby.[5] 2014 OS393 , former potential flyby target2014 PN70 , former potential flyby target486958 Arrokoth , flyby on New Year's Day 2019Alice (spacecraft instrument) , one of seven major instruments on New Horizons [6] Alice Bowman , New Horizons staffAJ-60A , solid rocket booster of which five were used in the New Horizons launch.[3] Atlas V , New Horizons launch vehicleCape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 , launch siteCentaur (rocket stage) , New Horizons upper stageCharon (moon) , Pluto's big moonCommon Core Booster , part of New Horizons first stage launcherClyde Tombaugh , discovered Pluto in 1930 from Lowell ObservatoryKirk (crater) Kuiper belt , region from about 30-60 AU New Horizons exploresLisa Hardaway , New Horizons staffLong Range Reconnaissance Imager , one of seven major instruments on New Horizons [6] GPHS-RTG , electrical and thermal heat source of New Horizons Interplanetary dust cloud Interplanetary medium , studied during HibernationMongoose-V , CPU in New Horizons NASA Deep Space Network , for New Horizons Earth radio communicationsNasreddin (crater) New Frontiers program , NASA parent program of New Horizons New Horizons 2 Organa (crater) Pluto , primary target of New Horizons Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation , one of seven major instruments on New Horizons Ralph , one of seven major instruments on New Horizons [6] REX , one of seven major instruments on New Horizons [6] Daniel Sarokon , NASA employee honored at New Horizons launch[7] Star 48B , New Horizons 3rd stageAlan Stern , New Horizons staffSWAP , one of seven major instruments on New Horizons [6] Tvashtar Paterae Vader (crater) , crater observed by New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter , one of seven major instruments on New Horizons [6] Venetia Burney , New Horizons instrument honorific, Burney proposed Pluto's name in 1930See also References
^ Scharf, Caleb A. (February 25, 2013). "The Fastest Spacecraft Ever?" . Scientific American . Retrieved July 12, 2017 . ^ Neufeld, Michael (July 10, 2015). "First Mission to Pluto: The Difficult Birth of New Horizons" . Smithsonian. Retrieved April 21, 2018 . ^ a b "New Horizons: Mission Overview" (PDF) . International Launch Services. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2018 .^ Alex Parker (30 April 2013). "2011 HM102: A new companion for Neptune" . The Planetary Society. Retrieved 4 August 2017 . ^ Zangari, Amanda (March 28, 2015). "Postcards from Pluto" . Tumblr . ^ a b c d e f "New Horizons" . pluto.jhuapl.edu . Retrieved 2018-10-21 .^ Shuster, Patrick (January 16, 2006). "Spacecraft will carry memory of Sagamore native" . Trib Total Media, Inc. Retrieved July 8, 2015 .
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