flown by SpaceX USA

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe

Success
SEP 24202511:30:00 UTC

Part of the Solar Terrestrial Probes program. Under NASA's SMD Rideshare Initiative, two secondary spacecraft were launched along with IMAP to the Sun-Earth L1 point.

In September 2020, NASA selected SpaceX to launch the IMAP mission, which studies the boundary of the heliosphere, a magnetic barrier surrounding our solar system. The total launch cost is approximately US$109.4 million.

launched from LC-39A Kennedy

aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-538 into SSO

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Booster

B1096.2

Landed on drone ship · JRTI

Payloads · 3

  • 01

    Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

    Heliophysics

  • 02

    Carruthers Geocorona Observatory (GLIDE)

    Exosphere research

  • 03

    SWFO-L1

    Space weather

last updated Dec 8, 2025