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Parker Solar Probe

Delta IV Heavy

United Launch Alliance

Launch Status
Success

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Weather Forecast During Launch

According to weather officials, there's a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.

Mission

Parker Solar Probe

  • Type: Heliophysics
  • Orbit: Heliocentric N/A
  • Launch Cost: $350,000,000

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.

Location

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Find the best place to watch the launch from Florida

Space Launch Complex 37B has witnessed the launch of 40 rockets, including 40 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1027 rocket launches.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Rocket

United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy

The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family, and is the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation. It is manufactured by United Launch Alliance and was first launched in 2004.

Learn more about the Delta IV Heavy

Agency

United Launch Alliance

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 spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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