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Parker Solar Probe: Mission to Study the Sun

Parker Solar Probe 

Introduction: 

As we need to know that the first ever mission had launched to study the sun at its nearest point that is solar corona (inner side of sun’s atmosphere ).

The mission was launched on 12 August 2018 by delta IV heavy and on 3 October 2018 it fly by venus (moved by gravity assist of venus ) and it had taken the first perihelion round on 5 November 2018.

Objective: The objective of this mission is to unlock the different mysteries of the solar corona and Solar winds. It determined the structure and dynamics of plasma and magnetic field at the source of the solar wind and it also explored what mechanism used that accelerate and transport energetic particles.


Dimensions and System used

How it survive: It is able to survive at the extreme temperature due to a thermal shield that is made up of carbon composite materials that helped to make it unmeltable in extreme temperature (approximately 20 - 25 lakh degrees fahrenheit ) at the solar corona. The cap itself made from seat of Titanium – Zirconium - Molybdenum Which makes it safe. And also there is a system of self cooling that helped to cool internally in extreme temperature.

Trajectory path and the Timeline of this mission 

Timeline: There is a timeline of this mission which state by the space agency NASA. The mission duration is 6 years 11 months. The whole mission have 24 perihelion round and 7 Venus gravity assist fly by.

Timeline is as follow:
2018
  • August 12, 2018: The mission had launched
  • October 3, 2018: First Venus flyby
  • November 5, 2018: First Perihelion round
2019
  • January 19, 2019: First Aphelion round
  • January 20, 2019: Second Orbit Begins
  • April 4, 2019: Perihelion round 2
  • September 1, 2019: Perihelion round 3
  • December 26, 2019: Second Venus Flyby
2020
  • January 29, 2020: Perihelion round 4
  • June 7, 2020: Perihelion round 5
  • July 11, 2020: Third Venus Flyby
  • September 27, 2020: Perihelion round 6
2021
  • January 17, 2021: Perihelion round 7
  • February 20, 2021: Fourth Venus Flyby
  • April 29, 2021: Perihelion round 8
  • August 9, 2021: Perihelion round 9
  • October 16, 2021: Fifth Venus Flyby
  • November 21, 2021: Perihelion round 10
2022
  • February 25, 2022: Perihelion round 11
  • June 1, 2022: Perihelion round 12
  • September 6, 2022: Perihelion round 13
  • December 11, 2022: Perihelion round 14
2023
  • March 17, 2023: Perihelion round 15
  • June 22, 2023: Perihelion round 16
  • August 21, 2023: Sixth Venus Flyby
  • September 27, 2023: Perihelion round 17
  • December 29, 2023: Perihelion round 18
2024
  • March 30, 2024: Perihelion round 19
  • June 30, 2024: Perihelion round 20
  • September 30, 2024: Perihelion round 21
  • November 6, 2024: Seventh and the Final Venus Flyby
  • December 24, 2024: Perihelion round 22. This round is the First Closest Approach of this mission.
2025
  • March 22, 2025: Perihelion round 23
  • June 19, 2025: Perihelion round 24. This round is the final round and after this it stable there.

After the final round the distance between center of sun and the parker solar probe is 3.38 million miles (5440000 km). And at that time the speed of parker solar probe is 692000 km/h which is 0.064% of speed of light. First time the man made object touches that much speed.

-By Mratyunjay Saxena 
Location: Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

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