1 day / second
0.5 AU
Psyche
Spacecraft
A NASA spacecraft launched in 2023 to study the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche, which may be the exposed core of an ancient protoplanet stripped of its rocky outer layers.
Key Facts
organization | NASA |
orbital regime | Asteroid Belt |
learn more | Wikipedia |
launched | 2023-10-13 |
launch mass | 2,608 kg |
power | 4,500 watts |
Mission Timeline
Operational
Launched
October 13, 2023 at 14:19 UTC
16 Psyche
Orbiter
The Psyche spacecraft will spend 26 months orbiting and studying asteroid 16 Psyche starting in 2029, investigating whether this massive M-type asteroid is the exposed nickel-iron core of an ancient protoplanet.
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