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New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise, Pluto and the Kuiper belt
cIclops
post Feb 8 2005, 02:09 PM
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Yes it's happening after all these years, the mission to the last planet!

And maybe to celebrate the confirmation of budget, NASA approval preparations and the fueling of the RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator), there is an updated web site at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

Launch will be January 2006 with arrival at the Pluto Charon system July 2015 (mark your calender!) and then on through the Kuiper belt during 2016-2020 and beyond.

20.8-centimeter telescope for 100m resolution at closest approach
IR/UV spectrometers
2 x 8GB data recorders
data rate: 768 bps (sic) to 70m DSN
465kg including fuel
$650m

336 days to launch


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- cIclops   New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise   Feb 8 2005, 02:09 PM
- - elakdawalla   Thanks very much for the heads up, Jason! Wor...   Jan 20 2008, 10:01 PM
- - volcanopele   Keep in mind that not all the data was released la...   Jan 20 2008, 10:35 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 20 2008, 02:35 P...   Jan 21 2008, 05:47 PM
- - djellison   I'm waiting for you to get them - as there isn...   Jan 21 2008, 06:09 PM
- - elakdawalla   OK, hope you can be patient! Might be a coupl...   Jan 21 2008, 06:36 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 21 2008, 07:36 P...   Jan 21 2008, 06:41 PM
- - elakdawalla   Thanks for the pointer to FITS Liberator, ugordan,...   Jan 21 2008, 07:20 PM
|- - ugordan   I suppose it doesn't matter to what highest DN...   Jan 21 2008, 07:45 PM
- - elakdawalla   Which images did you use for that, the ones with o...   Jan 21 2008, 08:27 PM
|- - ugordan   I was using first images in the FIT files, that wo...   Jan 21 2008, 08:32 PM
- - elakdawalla   As a reality check, here's two Photoshop files...   Jan 21 2008, 08:36 PM
- - volcanopele   Where are you getting the distortion removed files...   Jan 21 2008, 08:37 PM
|- - ugordan   Yes, those are the ones. BTW, are we sure this da...   Jan 21 2008, 08:40 PM
- - elakdawalla   Yes. Opening them in Photoshop using the FITS lib...   Jan 21 2008, 08:40 PM
- - volcanopele   That is a great plugin for Photoshop! Wish I ...   Jan 21 2008, 09:20 PM
- - volcanopele   BTW, it looks like archive files larger than 2 GB ...   Jan 21 2008, 09:26 PM
- - elakdawalla   Although the archive files don't seem to be av...   Jan 21 2008, 09:58 PM
|- - ugordan   Almost precisely one year ago, on January 24 New H...   Jan 21 2008, 11:49 PM
|- - Gsnorgathon   Whaddui think? It's heartbreakingly beautiful,...   Jan 22 2008, 12:20 AM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 21 2008, 03:49 PM) W...   Jan 22 2008, 04:55 PM
|- - ugordan   No, actually I used a March 18th one, dunno why re...   Jan 22 2008, 05:00 PM
|- - tedstryk   Wow! That is incredible, Ugordan.   Jan 22 2008, 06:01 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   Reminds me a bit of a colorized image I posted las...   Jan 22 2008, 10:55 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Jan 22 2008, 11:55...   Jan 22 2008, 11:15 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   Yes, I did this manually in Photoshop using the Cl...   Jan 22 2008, 11:31 PM
- - john_s   Beautiful- nicely done! John.   Jan 22 2008, 12:24 AM
- - elakdawalla   I got a nice email from Anne Raugh this morning, s...   Jan 22 2008, 04:49 PM
- - elakdawalla   I've been noodling around a bit more with the ...   Jan 24 2008, 12:30 AM
|- - john_s   Wow- well spotted! We never noticed Callisto ...   Jan 24 2008, 04:52 PM
- - jasedm   Surely the camera pointing suggests that mission p...   Jan 24 2008, 07:33 PM
- - elakdawalla   Oh, that's not the whole frame. MVIC produces...   Jan 24 2008, 07:47 PM
- - djellison   Hang on.. Did Emily just discover Callisto? Do...   Jan 24 2008, 08:15 PM
- - elakdawalla   While preparing this for posting, I dug into the L...   Jan 24 2008, 11:57 PM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 24 2008, 11:57 P...   Jan 25 2008, 03:20 AM
||- - john_s   Before someone beats me to it, here's an MVIC ...   Jan 25 2008, 03:28 AM
||- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (john_s @ Jan 24 2008, 07:28 PM) Be...   Jan 25 2008, 04:52 AM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 25 2008, 12:57 A...   Jan 26 2008, 09:26 AM
- - volcanopele   Here are a few looking at the sub-Jovian hemispher...   Jan 25 2008, 05:54 AM
|- - JRehling   Wow, great pics of Io. It'll be interesting to...   Jan 25 2008, 06:56 PM
|- - tedstryk   A good thing too is that from the early 80s on we ...   Jan 25 2008, 09:00 PM
- - John Flushing   A high definition image of Pluto has been posted o...   Jan 25 2008, 06:05 PM
|- - Lucas   Well, I'd argue against the use of the term ...   Jan 25 2008, 06:36 PM
- - volcanopele   I'm sure something along that line could be ac...   Jan 25 2008, 07:20 PM
- - peter59   I found interesting NH's picture. A series of ...   Jan 25 2008, 08:46 PM
- - elakdawalla   Those of you who are messing with the New Horizons...   Feb 4 2008, 05:53 PM
|- - JRehling   Random "are we there yet?" thought of th...   Feb 4 2008, 07:41 PM
- - elakdawalla   I've been chatting with Dennis Reuter, head of...   Feb 5 2008, 08:47 PM
- - elakdawalla   Posting in two sections because I hit a "you ...   Feb 5 2008, 08:49 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Feb 5 2008, 09:49 PM...   Feb 5 2008, 10:35 PM
- - volcanopele   I would be interested in those index files in Exce...   Feb 5 2008, 11:22 PM
- - elakdawalla   Your wish is my command http://planetary.s3.amaz...   Feb 5 2008, 11:35 PM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Feb 5 2008, 11:35 PM...   Feb 6 2008, 12:19 AM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   I guess I'm lazy asking here instead of readin...   Feb 9 2008, 10:43 PM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Feb 9 2008, 11:43 ...   Feb 9 2008, 11:19 PM
- - volcanopele   Sweet! Thanks! The LORRI link is broken ...   Feb 5 2008, 11:49 PM
|- - elakdawalla   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Feb 5 2008, 03:49 PM...   Feb 6 2008, 12:04 AM
- - djellison   Whilst discussing MVIC / Ralph - here's a shot...   Feb 5 2008, 11:53 PM
- - volcanopele   Works now thanks!   Feb 6 2008, 12:12 AM
- - elakdawalla   Arg! Internal server errror lost my message t...   Feb 9 2008, 10:58 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   Thanks - seems to be exactly what I need. QUOTE (...   Feb 9 2008, 11:08 PM
- - MarcF   I just realize that there are two versions of the ...   Feb 15 2008, 08:59 PM
- - Spirit   Based on the results from the Voyagers and from NH...   Apr 15 2008, 04:47 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (Spirit @ Apr 15 2008, 05:47 PM) Ba...   Apr 15 2008, 05:52 PM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (Mongo @ Apr 15 2008, 05:52 PM) Alt...   Apr 15 2008, 10:10 PM
- - dilo   Using the drag equation and assuming a density of ...   Apr 15 2008, 08:26 PM
- - volcanopele   Nice little animation of the Pluto encounter creat...   Apr 17 2008, 06:00 AM
|- - Alan Stern   ....As has been my habit in past months, UMSF gets...   Apr 28 2008, 10:03 AM
- - nprev   And we very much appreciate it, Alan; thank you...   Apr 28 2008, 12:04 PM
- - Astro0   Thanks for the update Alan. Glad to know that the ...   Apr 28 2008, 11:05 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Apr 28 2008, 11:05 PM) Th...   Apr 29 2008, 02:06 PM
- - Stu   Thanks from me, too, for the update Alan. There...   Apr 29 2008, 02:08 PM
- - Spirit   Thanks from me too! NH is probably the most fa...   Apr 30 2008, 02:42 PM
|- - Alan Stern   UMSFers-- My new NH project news update is at: htt...   Jul 30 2008, 02:16 PM
- - alan   Caption below last image in latest PI perspective:...   Jul 30 2008, 05:12 PM
|- - brellis   Further detailed observations by Cassini of Encela...   Jul 30 2008, 06:26 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (alan @ Jul 30 2008, 05:12 PM) Capt...   Jul 31 2008, 03:54 AM
|- - TheChemist   QUOTE (David @ Jul 31 2008, 06:54 AM) I d...   Jul 31 2008, 06:13 AM
- - nprev   Interesting info about Pluto's atmosphere ...   Jul 30 2008, 10:43 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 30 2008, 11:43 PM) Int...   Jul 31 2008, 11:17 AM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jul 31 2008, 12:17 PM...   Jul 31 2008, 04:24 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (vjkane @ Jul 31 2008, 05:24 PM) If...   Jul 31 2008, 07:12 PM
- - nprev   Wow...that's just mind-blowingly thin, yet it...   Jul 31 2008, 05:24 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 31 2008, 06:24 PM) Wow...   Jul 31 2008, 05:48 PM
- - Juramike   If I did my units conversions right (table of pres...   Jul 31 2008, 05:41 PM
- - peter59   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jul 31 2008, 11:17 AM...   Aug 5 2008, 06:18 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (peter59 @ Aug 5 2008, 06:18 PM) I...   Aug 5 2008, 06:28 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Aug 5 2008, 06:28 PM)...   Aug 26 2008, 03:39 PM
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- - Paolo Amoroso   QUOTE (YesRushGen @ Sep 9 2008, 09:04 PM)...   Sep 9 2008, 07:13 PM
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- - Rob Pinnegar   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 9 2008, 01:25 PM)...   Sep 10 2008, 06:12 AM
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- - Paolo Amoroso   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 9 2008, 10:25 PM)...   Sep 10 2008, 09:41 AM
- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Paolo Amoroso @ Sep 10 2008, 09:41...   Sep 10 2008, 09:50 AM
- - Greg Hullender   I've seen talk about looking for Neptunian tro...   Sep 10 2008, 03:32 PM
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