Saturday, October 1, 2022

Solar System Missions update 2022-10

Here's my map of all active and future Solar System Missions as of October 1st 2022.

OK, maybe this month, or November for really real: Artemis 1 will finally launch to a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) at the Moon as the first test of the giant SLS rocket. The recently launched Korean Danuri and US Capstone Moon missions will reach lunar orbit in December and November, respectively.

The European Solar Orbiter is going through perihelion at 0.3 AU distance. Finally, Lucy has an Earth flyby in mid October.

Oh, and in last month' preview I completely missed the DART mission arrival and impact on asteroid moon Dimorphos, but you all saw that, I hope.

Data, images and documentation are available on my space exploration history GitHub repository and the associated website.

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