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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
- - Ken90000   That Voyager mosaic was very risky for the imaging...   Sep 10 2008, 05:27 PM
|- - john_s   QUOTE (Ken90000 @ Sep 10 2008, 05:27 PM) ...   Sep 10 2008, 05:44 PM
- - hendric   Alan, Best of luck on that intermittent reset iss...   Sep 12 2008, 03:03 PM
|- - Alan Stern   We're seen the resets on the bird, both pre-fl...   Sep 12 2008, 03:12 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 12 2008, 05:12 PM...   Sep 12 2008, 03:16 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 12 2008, 07:16 AM) O...   Sep 14 2008, 02:58 PM
|- - Alan Stern   The NH mission ops team is updating the spacecraft...   Sep 15 2008, 11:38 AM
- - tanjent   I suppose this is egregiously off topic and even s...   Sep 15 2008, 11:11 AM
- - Stu   Uh oh, I got a bad feeling about this... innocentl...   Sep 15 2008, 11:41 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 15 2008, 12:41 PM) Uh oh...   Sep 15 2008, 12:49 PM
|- - Vultur   QUOTE (Stu @ Sep 15 2008, 11:41 AM) Uh oh...   Sep 15 2008, 05:08 PM
- - marsbug   You never know...I've never trusted the things...   Sep 16 2008, 01:29 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (marsbug @ Sep 16 2008, 06:29 AM) Y...   Sep 16 2008, 02:27 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 16 2008, 07:2...   Sep 16 2008, 07:08 PM
- - djellison   Start with Orbiter ( www.orbitersim.com ) and it...   Sep 16 2008, 01:55 PM
- - marsbug   I was planning on using Fortran, mainly because it...   Sep 17 2008, 09:50 AM
- - peter59   1,000 days and counting. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/o...   Oct 15 2008, 06:45 PM
- - John Flushing   Upon reading the New Horizons Twitter page, I foun...   Oct 19 2008, 01:49 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (John Flushing @ Oct 19 2008, 02:49...   Oct 19 2008, 01:57 PM
|- - Fran Ontanaya   9 items? A list of the planets in the Solar System...   Oct 19 2008, 02:15 PM
|- - John Flushing   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ October 19th, 2008, 08...   Oct 19 2008, 07:51 PM
- - Astro0   Are they 9 additional items, separate from some of...   Oct 19 2008, 02:15 PM
- - Juramike   Maybe something like this?   Oct 19 2008, 02:32 PM
|- - SFJCody   I'm guessing that 'Pluto: Not Yet Explored...   Oct 19 2008, 02:54 PM
- - Rob Pinnegar   Well, two of them would have to be Clyde Tombaugh...   Oct 19 2008, 04:04 PM
- - stevesliva   Does Plutonium count?   Oct 19 2008, 09:16 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Oct 19 2008, 09:16 PM...   Oct 20 2008, 11:21 AM
- - djellison   From what I've been able to hunt around and fi...   Oct 20 2008, 11:29 AM
- - dmuller   Had the launch been delayed by a year, or that IAU...   Oct 20 2008, 11:33 AM
- - tasp   How about a Disney Pluto character figurine ?? II...   Oct 20 2008, 12:25 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   A missing sock from my dryer.   Oct 20 2008, 01:53 PM
- - laurele   What is an SS1 piece? As far as ideas for the 9 i...   Oct 21 2008, 12:34 AM
|- - Decepticon   Have any potential Kuiper belt objects been detect...   Oct 21 2008, 01:43 AM
||- - tacitus   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Oct 20 2008, 08:43 PM...   Oct 21 2008, 08:11 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (laurele @ Oct 21 2008, 01:34 AM) W...   Oct 21 2008, 07:32 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 21 2008, 09:32 AM)...   Oct 21 2008, 09:15 AM
- - djellison   Maybe. Cough ahem.   Oct 21 2008, 10:20 AM
- - Enceladus75   Most of the public don't realise that, like th...   Oct 23 2008, 01:17 AM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Enceladus75 @ Oct 22 2008, 09:17 P...   Oct 23 2008, 02:43 AM
|- - Alan Stern   Nine Mementos Headed to the Ninth Planet http://pl...   Oct 24 2008, 11:35 AM
- - djellison   That issue's been mentioned already - have a b...   Oct 23 2008, 01:33 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Thanks Alan, that was fun.   Oct 24 2008, 01:44 PM
|- - tedstryk   Hi Alan, I know that earth-based observers, NH, a...   Oct 24 2008, 02:02 PM
- - Ken90000   I bet not. Right now, Neptune is about 20 degrees...   Oct 24 2008, 04:49 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Ken90000 @ Oct 24 2008, 04:49 PM) ...   Oct 24 2008, 07:44 PM
|- - Alan Stern   1000 days in flight, some comments: http://pluto....   Oct 24 2008, 07:50 PM
|- - tedstryk   Thanks Alan and Ken, I hadn't thought about Ne...   Oct 24 2008, 08:41 PM
- - PhilCo126   Amazing to see which "items" New Horizon...   Oct 28 2008, 08:28 AM
- - Vultur   Wow. Looking at the "where is it now" we...   Nov 3 2008, 04:36 AM
|- - Alan Stern   Active Checkout (ACO) 2 is now in its final phases...   Nov 20 2008, 12:18 PM
|- - MahFL   Thank you Dr. Stern. My name heads deeper into the...   Nov 20 2008, 02:08 PM
|- - Alan Stern   After a wildly successful run in ACO-2, including ...   Dec 17 2008, 11:36 PM
|- - just-nick   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Dec 17 2008, 03:36 PM...   Dec 18 2008, 05:18 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (just-nick @ Dec 18 2008, 06:1...   Dec 18 2008, 12:11 PM
|- - just-nick   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Dec 18 2008, 04:11 AM...   Dec 19 2008, 03:57 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (just-nick @ Dec 19 2008, 03:5...   Dec 19 2008, 10:59 AM
- - djellison   Thanks for the update Alan ( and kudos to your Twi...   Dec 17 2008, 11:40 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 17 2008, 11:40 PM)...   Dec 18 2008, 12:06 PM
- - PhilCo126   Thanks for the update Alan! Amazing, this mean...   Dec 19 2008, 06:09 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Dec 19 2008, 07:09 PM)...   Dec 19 2008, 08:37 PM
- - hendric   Hmmm...Somehow I never heard about the SDC data be...   Dec 30 2008, 06:08 PM
|- - Alan Stern   Hendric-- Glad you like it! And I agree it...   Dec 30 2008, 10:22 PM
- - Oersted   Dear Alan Stern, I am mostly a lurker in this for...   Jan 3 2009, 01:13 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 2 2009, 07:13 PM) Tr...   Jan 3 2009, 03:03 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 3 2009, 01:13 AM) De...   Jan 3 2009, 09:21 AM
|- - Thu   QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 3 2009, 08:13 AM) .....   Jan 3 2009, 09:35 AM
- - peter59   Probably I have not seen before this artistic visi...   Jan 3 2009, 02:50 PM
|- - Alan Stern   The PI's Perspective Welcome to Mid-Cruise...   Jan 5 2009, 03:36 PM
- - nprev   Terrific update, Alan, thank you very much!...   Jan 6 2009, 01:13 AM
- - Oersted   Ah, a meeting with Tombaughs descendants... ...I ...   Jan 6 2009, 01:22 AM
|- - Alan Stern   Three years down, as of this week!   Jan 24 2009, 04:53 PM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jan 24 2009, 08:53 AM...   Feb 26 2009, 06:27 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (punkboi @ Feb 26 2009, 06:27 AM) A...   Feb 28 2009, 09:56 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   That's really amazing Alan. Three years now. ...   Jan 24 2009, 08:09 PM
- - nprev   My thanks and congratuations as well, Alan. I also...   Jan 24 2009, 09:38 PM
|- - dilo   Happy birthday, NH!   Jan 25 2009, 10:21 AM
- - peter59   I found an interesting film. New Horizons: To Plut...   Jan 25 2009, 12:41 PM
- - Dominik   That cake looks delicious Let's hope that Ne...   Jan 25 2009, 10:44 PM
- - Oersted   Absolutely great to see the team tip their (tin-fo...   Jan 28 2009, 11:28 PM
- - MarkG   I know the formal search hasn't started yet, b...   Feb 26 2009, 03:19 AM
|- - john_s   In a word, nope. As you say, we haven't got s...   Feb 26 2009, 03:27 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (john_s @ Feb 25 2009, 07:27 PM) In...   Feb 26 2009, 11:16 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Feb 26 2009, 11:1...   Feb 27 2009, 06:43 AM
- - Greg Hullender   I had wondered a while back whether it might be po...   Feb 27 2009, 11:24 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Feb 28 2009, 12:2...   Feb 28 2009, 03:16 PM
|- - Del Palmer   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Feb 27 2009, 11:2...   Feb 28 2009, 06:29 PM
|- - tedstryk   This isn't all that important now, but when NH...   Feb 28 2009, 07:29 PM
- - djellison   Even if not pointless - it's a usage of fuel t...   Feb 28 2009, 03:34 PM
- - climber   Another 7 days and we'll have 1154 days behind...   Mar 12 2009, 02:03 AM
- - Vultur   When is NH scheduled to start looking at Pluto wit...   Mar 12 2009, 08:00 PM
|- - tedstryk   http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/031209.ph...   Mar 12 2009, 09:44 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Vultur @ Mar 12 2009, 01:00 PM) Wh...   Mar 13 2009, 02:19 AM
|- - MahFL   "New Horizons was still too far from Pluto (3...   Mar 13 2009, 02:54 PM
- - dmuller   Looking at the Horizons numbers (inspired by the T...   Mar 13 2009, 11:41 PM
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