Psyche
OrbiterOrbiter driven by Hall-effect thrusters, with five-panel solar arrays spanning nearly 25 m.
- Launch mass
- 2,608 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,648 kg
- Size
- 3.1 m × 2.4 m, span 24.7 m
- Power
- Solar
- Built by
- Maxar
- Designator
- 2023-157A
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State Univ./Space Systems Loral/Peter Rubin · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Launched
- 13 Oct 202314:19:43 UTC
- Active for
- 3 years 1 month
- Destinations
- Psyche
A NASA mission on its way to Psyche, a metal-rich asteroid that may be the exposed core of an early planet. It is due to arrive in 2029.
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Mission details from science.nasa.gov.