ULA Delta IV Heavy Parker Solar Probe
Delta IV Heavy
Status
Success
Date
12 AUG 2018
07:31
Launch Provider
United Launch Alliance
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Delta IV Heavy
Mission Type
Heliophysics
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
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.
Height
72 m
Diameter
5 m
Launch Mass
733 T
Thrust
8,674 kN