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New Horizons: A Journey to New Frontiers

Explore the New Horizons mission, a journey to new frontiers in the solar system. Launched in Jan. ‘06, it has explored KBOs, Pluto-Charon, and the Jupiter system. Learn about the measurement objectives, instruments, and payload used, including REX, RALPH, ALICE, and more. Discover how New Horizons exceeds mission objectives, demonstrating the feasibility of exciting low-cost outer planet missions.

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New Horizons: A Journey to New Frontiers

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  1. NEW HORIZONS New Horizons: A Journey to New Frontiers

  2. New Horizons is New Frontiers 1 Launch: Jan ‘06 First Time Exploration of The Solar System’s “Third Zone” KBOs 2016-2020 Pluto-Charon July 2015 Jupiter System March 2007

  3. PKB AO-Defined Measurement Objectives Required Important Desired

  4. Instrument Payload LORRI ALICE PEPSSI RALPH CORE: • REX Uplink radio science & passive radiometry • RALPH VIS/IR imaging & spectroscopy • ALICE UV imaging spectroscopy Supplemental: • LORRI High-resolution imager • SWAP plasma spectrometer • PEPSSI energetic particle spectrometer • SDC EPO Student Dust Counter SWAP Student Dust Counter

  5. New HorizonsPayload Characteristics

  6. New HorizonsScience Traceability New Horizons meets or exceeds all of the PKB mission Group 1 (AO-required) measurement objectives, plus all of the (AO-desired) Group 2, and 3 of the 4 Group 3 measurement objectives.

  7. Science Objectives Are Accomplished with Great Functional Redundancy

  8. Toward New Frontiers New Horizons is Demonstrating That Exciting Low Cost Outer Planet Missions Are Indeed Feasible.

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