Parker Solar Probe

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Parker Solar Probe is a NASA spacecraft designed to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere by flying closer to it than any previous mission, enduring extreme heat and radiation to investigate solar wind and space weather.

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instanceOf NASA space probe ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
agency NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (project management) ⓘ
closestApproachToSun closer than any previous spacecraft ⓘ
communicationBand Ka-band ⓘ
X-band ⓘ
designOperatingTemperature about 30 degrees Celsius behind heat shield ⓘ
FIELDSFullName FIELDS: Electromagnetic Fields Investigation ⓘ
firstSolarEncounter 2018-10-31 ⓘ
hasInstrument FIELDS ⓘ
ISʘIS ⓘ
SWEAP ⓘ
WISPR ⓘ
heatShieldDiameter about 2.3 meters ⓘ
heatShieldMaterial carbon–carbon composite ⓘ
heatShieldThickness about 11.4 centimeters ⓘ
heatShieldType Thermal Protection System ⓘ
ISʘISFullName Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 2018-08-12 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37B ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta IV Heavy ⓘ
Star 48BV upper stage ⓘ
manufacturer Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory ⓘ
maxExternalTemperature about 1370 degrees Celsius ⓘ
maxSpeedPlanned over 190 kilometers per second ⓘ
missionCost approximately 1.5 billion US dollars ⓘ
missionDurationPlanned about 7 years ⓘ
missionEndPlanned mid-2020s ⓘ
missionType heliophysics mission ⓘ
solar observation mission ⓘ
namedAfter Eugene Parker ⓘ
linked to: Eugene N. Parker
numberOfPlannedVenusFlybys 7 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
perihelionDistance approximately 6.16 million kilometers from Sun center ⓘ
approximately 9.86 solar radii ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
primaryObjective improve understanding of space weather ⓘ
investigate solar wind ⓘ
study mechanisms that accelerate solar wind ⓘ
study mechanisms that heat the solar corona ⓘ
study solar corona ⓘ
program NASA Living With a Star program ⓘ
record fastest human-made object relative to the Sun ⓘ
first spacecraft to fly through the Sun’s corona ⓘ
scienceDiscipline solar physics ⓘ
space weather research ⓘ
SWEAPFullName Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation ⓘ
target Sun ⓘ
usesGravityAssistsFrom Venus ⓘ
WISPRFullName Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe

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Deep Space Network → notableMissionSupported → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
Eugene N. Parker → namesakeOf → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
NASA spacecraft → includes → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
RAD750 → usedInMission → NASA Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
Deep Space Network → notableMissionSupported → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
subject linked to: DSN
Parker Solar Probe → WISPRFullName → Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory → notableProject → Parker Solar Probe mission ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
Delta IV Heavy → notableMission → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
Living With a Star program → supportsMission → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
NASA space missions → hasComponent → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
Star 48BV → usedOnMission → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
subject linked to: Star 48BV upper stage
Star 48BV → missionExample → Parker Solar Probe Earth-escape injection ⓘ
subject linked to: Star 48BV upper stage
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
FIELDS → partOf → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
FIELDS → spacecraft → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
FIELDS → mission → Parker Solar Probe mission ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
FIELDS → locatedOn → Parker Solar Probe spacecraft boom ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
SWEAP → partOfMission → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
SWEAP → spacecraft → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
SWEAP → component → Solar Probe Cup ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
ISʘIS → spacecraft → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
WISPR → fullName → Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
WISPR → acronymFor → Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
WISPR → aboard → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
WISPR → spacecraft → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
WISPR → mission → Parker Solar Probe mission ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
WISPR → onboard → Parker Solar Probe spacecraft bus ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation → mission → Parker Solar Probe mission ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons Investigation → component → Solar Probe Cup ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun → hostMission → Parker Solar Probe mission ⓘ
linked to: Parker Solar Probe
heliospheric current sheet → observedBy → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ
Delta family of rockets → notableLaunch → Parker Solar Probe ⓘ