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Parker Solar Probe Mission

completedLaunch 2018-065
Launched 8/12/2018HEOService CGSat EEO EE
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Parker Solar Probe
active
Science Exploration
interplanetary
Launch Details
Launch Date
8/12/2018
Launch ID
2018-065
Launch Profile
Sat EEO EE
Service Type
CG
Customer Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Launch Vehicle
Delta 4H
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Science Exploration 1
Track
Mentions
5
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

The Parker Solar Probe mission will seek a bridge year of funding in fiscal year 2026 to continue operations until the heliophysics senior review for fiscal year 2027.

FinancialPlanValue 4.0Dec 22, 2024Parker Solar Probe to make closest approach yet to the sun

The Parker Solar Probe mission had a total cost of more than $1,000,000,000 and remained within its cost cap.

FinancialValue 4.5Feb 26, 2019NASA selects space weather experiment for ISS

Nicola Fox is the project scientist for the Parker Solar Probe mission, which launched on 2018-08-12.

GovernancePlanValue 3.6Aug 30, 2018NASA Earth science director to retire

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission is scheduled to launch on 2018-07-31 on a Delta IV Heavy vehicle.

PlanGeneralValue 4.5May 17, 2018Striking ULA workers to vote on new contract

United Launch Alliance’s next mission after the 2018-05-05 Atlas V launch is scheduled for the end of July, when a Delta IV Heavy is planned to launch NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 7, 2018ULA machinists go on strike