Planetary Science
PSYCHE
Partially operationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
Psyche is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023, to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the project.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 13, 2023 at 02:19 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon Heavy →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Psyche
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 2,608 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-157A
- NORAD catalog №
- 58049
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Partially operational