Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
Success
SEP 24202511:30:00 UTCPart 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.
LIFTOFF
SEP 24 202511:30:00 UTC
Success
launched fromLC-39AKennedy
aboardFalcon 9 B5F9-538intoSSO
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
