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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
- - ugordan   Redundancy is an absolute must for long interplane...   Jun 4 2007, 12:09 PM
|- - Littlebit   Redundancy is an absolute must for long interplane...   Jun 5 2007, 06:16 PM
- - Alan Stern   Yes, we did some nice calculations of the brightne...   Jun 4 2007, 04:08 PM
- - nprev   1.7 full Lunas? Astounding; far, far better tha...   Jun 5 2007, 12:40 AM
- - David   How do plans to image Pluto's dark side in Cha...   Jun 5 2007, 02:23 AM
- - Alan Stern   The dark side imaging doesn't affect the sunli...   Jun 5 2007, 03:29 AM
- - nprev   ...onward, captain my captain!   Jun 5 2007, 03:52 AM
- - ljk4-1   Have you taken the other two known moons of Pluto ...   Jun 5 2007, 01:28 PM
- - ugordan   Given the sizes of Nix and Hydra and their orbital...   Jun 5 2007, 02:25 PM
- - Alan Stern   All- I thought you'd appreciate an advance loo...   Jun 18 2007, 12:23 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 18 2007, 05:23 AM...   Jun 18 2007, 07:46 PM
||- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 18 2007, 09:4...   Jun 18 2007, 08:02 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 18 2007, 12:23 PM...   Jun 19 2007, 01:18 AM
- - centsworth_II   Now that the trajectory past pluto has been fixed,...   Jun 18 2007, 03:24 PM
- - john_s   We won't be searching for KBO targets with New...   Jun 18 2007, 03:41 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (john_s @ Jun 18 2007, 11:41 AM) (a...   Jun 18 2007, 05:00 PM
- - Alan Stern   Alex- You have it right. Alan   Jun 19 2007, 12:08 AM
- - nprev   Hey, Alan! And so she goes, as she must... ...   Jun 19 2007, 12:55 AM
- - Alan Stern   Nprev- No news on the search, we aren't taking...   Jun 19 2007, 01:44 AM
- - mchan   The NH website has a cool movie of the shepherds a...   Jun 30 2007, 04:16 AM
- - elakdawalla   The site is not working at all for me now. --Emil...   Jun 30 2007, 03:53 PM
- - djellison   The APL's main site works - but the near.jhuap...   Jun 30 2007, 04:09 PM
|- - Alan Stern   Today is TCM day for New Horizons, our first since...   Sep 25 2007, 12:26 PM
- - nprev   ...here's to a precision burn! Alan, does...   Sep 25 2007, 12:40 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 25 2007, 12:40 PM) .....   Sep 25 2007, 12:56 PM
- - djellison   Here's to a nice TCM... it'll be interesti...   Sep 25 2007, 01:25 PM
|- - Alan Stern   Good burn, on target! Based on early performan...   Sep 25 2007, 09:17 PM
|- - tacitus   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 25 2007, 04:17 PM...   Sep 26 2007, 09:05 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (tacitus @ Sep 26 2007, 09:05 PM) C...   Sep 30 2007, 11:31 AM
|- - Toma B   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 30 2007, 01:31 PM...   Oct 1 2007, 10:43 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Toma B @ Oct 1 2007, 10:43 AM) Ala...   Oct 1 2007, 11:37 AM
- - djellison   Nice driving   Sep 25 2007, 09:27 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Are we there yet?   Sep 25 2007, 10:11 PM
|- - ugordan   Alan, at what rate do thruster firings in 3-axis s...   Sep 26 2007, 12:56 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 26 2007, 12:56 PM) A...   Sep 30 2007, 11:16 AM
- - tasp   I wonder how they trade off size, deflection and t...   Sep 26 2007, 11:55 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tasp @ Sep 27 2007, 01:55 AM) Migh...   Sep 27 2007, 07:37 AM
- - Toma B   Do not underestimate the power of the Pan-STARRS a...   Sep 27 2007, 08:03 AM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Toma B @ Sep 27 2007, 04:03 AM) Do...   Sep 27 2007, 03:39 PM
- - tasp   Yeah, what Toma said . . .   Sep 27 2007, 01:24 PM
- - dvandorn   Or, in other words... "I find your lack of f...   Sep 27 2007, 03:28 PM
- - Mongo   These reports just came up at the arXiv site: The...   Sep 28 2007, 02:14 AM
- - nprev   Two KBOs, huh?... Alan, is there a range constr...   Sep 30 2007, 02:15 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 30 2007, 02:15 PM) Two...   Sep 30 2007, 03:10 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 30 2007, 08:10 AM...   Sep 30 2007, 06:47 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 30 2007, 06:47 PM) Tha...   Sep 30 2007, 07:34 PM
|- - Spirit   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 30 2007, 09:34 PM...   Sep 30 2007, 08:06 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Spirit @ Sep 30 2007, 08:06 PM) Ho...   Sep 30 2007, 08:29 PM
- - vjkane   Alan - I remember reading the smaller nuclear fue...   Sep 30 2007, 05:31 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (vjkane @ Sep 30 2007, 05:31 PM) Al...   Sep 30 2007, 06:34 PM
|- - vjkane   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Sep 30 2007, 06:34 PM...   Sep 30 2007, 08:01 PM
- - nprev   Thanks as always for answering our questions, Alan...   Sep 30 2007, 10:14 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 30 2007, 10:14 PM) Tha...   Sep 30 2007, 10:49 PM
- - Alan Stern   Next PI's Perspective, for release Monday by N...   Oct 1 2007, 06:17 AM
- - elakdawalla   Alan -- just want to chime in with my thanks to yo...   Oct 1 2007, 04:08 PM
- - jasedm   Hi all - I seem to recall reading (can't remem...   Oct 2 2007, 01:35 PM
- - tedstryk   Will any of the observations of Uranus and Neptune...   Oct 2 2007, 02:58 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Oct 2 2007, 04:58 PM) W...   Oct 2 2007, 03:10 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 2 2007, 03:10 PM) Ne...   Oct 2 2007, 04:06 PM
- - Greg Hullender   You guys DO realize that the L5 point, Neptune, an...   Oct 3 2007, 09:09 PM
|- - tedstryk   It isn't quite that bad (closest approach is l...   Oct 3 2007, 09:58 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Interesting. What can you learn from high phase a...   Oct 4 2007, 03:03 AM
|- - tedstryk   The reason they are being taken is for photometry....   Oct 4 2007, 10:31 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Do you have something specific in mind? Voyager s...   Oct 4 2007, 04:06 PM
|- - tedstryk   Extremely low phase was what I meant. Oops. N...   Oct 4 2007, 09:06 PM
- - GregM   .   Oct 6 2007, 07:02 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (GregM @ Oct 6 2007, 03:02 AM) Stun...   Oct 6 2007, 04:06 PM
- - mchan   They found a good PAO person.   Oct 6 2007, 07:12 AM
- - nprev   I wouldn't read too much into a single adjecti...   Oct 6 2007, 12:10 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 6 2007, 12:10 PM) I wo...   Oct 6 2007, 12:53 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I guess "delighted" just didn't soun...   Oct 6 2007, 05:54 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Oct 6 2007, 06:54...   Oct 10 2007, 09:46 AM
|- - Alan Stern   The PI’s Perspective 17 January 2008 Happy Birthd...   Jan 17 2008, 09:51 AM
- - nprev   Thanks for the update, Alan, and congratulations t...   Jan 17 2008, 12:16 PM
|- - ugordan   Has it been two years already? Onward!   Jan 17 2008, 12:20 PM
- - tasp   Pretty encouraging news about the trajectory accur...   Jan 17 2008, 01:22 PM
- - rschare   When do they start looking for new KBO's years...   Jan 17 2008, 02:35 PM
|- - ugordan   The Pluto aimpoint is fixed. The spacecraft doesn...   Jan 17 2008, 03:02 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 17 2008, 10:02 AM) T...   Jan 17 2008, 03:50 PM
|- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 17 2008, 09:02 AM) T...   Jan 17 2008, 05:25 PM
|- - MahFL   They have about 9 years to look for a KBO target.   Jan 17 2008, 05:30 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 17 2008, 05:30 PM) The...   Jan 17 2008, 08:39 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jan 17 2008, 12:39 PM...   Jan 18 2008, 04:37 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 18 2008, 04:3...   Jan 18 2008, 08:27 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 18 2008, 08:27 AM)...   Jan 18 2008, 09:02 AM
- - nprev   Alan, is there any chance that one or more of thos...   Jan 18 2008, 02:40 AM
- - alan   QUOTE This montage of giant Jupiter and its volcan...   Jan 18 2008, 02:52 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (alan @ Jan 18 2008, 03:52 AM) Odd,...   Jan 18 2008, 08:32 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Ah, you did already answer this in 2006. Oops. h...   Jan 18 2008, 04:30 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 18 2008, 08:3...   Jan 18 2008, 06:20 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jan 18 2008, 10:20 AM) ...   Jan 21 2008, 05:15 AM
|- - ugordan   Think of the downlink bandwidth available for para...   Jan 21 2008, 08:34 AM
- - volcanopele   Raw and calibrated files from the Jupiter encounte...   Jan 20 2008, 04:48 PM
|- - ugordan   Great news, thanks for the heads up, VP!   Jan 20 2008, 07:50 PM
- - volcanopele   You can all now go ahead and download I waiting ...   Jan 20 2008, 08:37 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
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