NASA's Psyche mission, destined for an asteroid unlike any previously studied, is set to...
The delayed launch also will mean the spacecraft is set to arrive at the asteroid during a different phase of Psyche’s orbit around the sun than originally planned.
With an October 2023 launch, after six years of travel, the spacecraft is set to arrive at Psyche in August 2029. Once at Psyche, the spacecraft will orbit it for 26 months to collect data on its formation as well as study the largely metal asteroid, NASA posted. The spacecraft was expected to orbit the asteroid at different altitudes and the initial plan was for the spacecraft to begin the orbits at the highest altitude and work its way down, but that may change, given the launch delay. Now, the spacecraft is no longer expected to orbit the asteroid in descending order but to work from a different pattern that bounces between altitudes, in order to align with the lighting needed for study, according to NASA.
Our Psyche mission is preparing for a 1.5-billion-mile journey to an asteroid of the same name. At 800 sq. ft , its solar arrays are the largest ever installed at
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