NASA Parker Solar Probe solar observatory spacecraft family
NASA Parker Solar Probe is an active solar observatory spacecraft that became the first spacecraft to fly through the Sun's corona. Its integrated blowdown monopropellant hydrazine propulsion subsystem uses twelve 4.4 N thrusters for attitude control and trajectory-velocity maneuvers, including trajectory corrections and reaction-wheel momentum unloading. NASA lists 685 kg spacecraft mass at launch.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Parker Solar ProbeParkerSolar Probe PlusPSPPSP spacecraft
- Family Name
- Parker Solar Probe
- Full Name
- NASA Parker Solar Probe solar observatory spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbiterobservatoryresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Parker Solar Probe is an active solar observatory spacecraft that became the first spacecraft to fly through the Sun's corona. Its integrated blowdown monopropellant hydrazine propulsion subsystem uses twelve 4.4 N thrusters for attitude control and trajectory-velocity maneuvers, including trajectory corrections and reaction-wheel momentum unloading. NASA lists 685 kg spacecraft mass at launch.
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- spacecraft
- Propulsion System
- Role
- maneuvering
- Stage
- spacecraft
- Variant Notes
- One Parker Solar Probe integrated hydrazine propulsion subsystem containing twelve 4.4 N thrusters for attitude control and trajectory-correction maneuvers.
- Name
- Parker Solar Probe hydrazine propulsion installation
- Notes
- The flown Parker Solar Probe uses an integrated blowdown monopropellant hydrazine system with twelve 4.4 N thrusters for attitude control and trajectory Delta-V maneuvers. Count 1 represents the complete installed spacecraft subsystem; no individual thruster model is asserted.
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass
- …
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 17, 2026 at 03:16:31 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 00:17:13 UTC
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