Deep-space mission
Active mission
Psyche
A solar-electric spacecraft travelling to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt.
- Agency
- NASA
- Destination
- Asteroid Psyche
- Mission class
- Asteroid orbiter
- Launched
- 13 Oct 2023
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What Orbital knows
Psyche will image and map an asteroid containing more metal than most previously explored worlds. Its instruments are intended to investigate composition, geology, gravity and any remanent magnetic field.
Record policyA stable mission record built from the owner’s published material; live position is never inferred.