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United Launch AllianceLaunch SuccessfulRobotic ExplorationAtlas V 401
Launched 2021-10-16 09:34 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Heliocentric N/A
Worldwide
100th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
United Launch Alliance
4th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
150 d 15 h
since the pad's previous launch
Lucy is the first mission to explore and study Trojan asteroids. The Trojans are a type of asteroids that orbit the Sun in two groups, in front of and behind Jupiter in its orbit around our star. Since these asteroids have been in such stable orbits for billions of years, they are of great interest as remnants of early Solar System. Lucy is a NASA mission led by NASA Goddard and Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Over the course of 12 years, Lucy will fly by seven different Trojan asteroids and also one main belt asteroid. The complex trajectory to visit all targets will include several Earth gravity assists.
Launch Provider
Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2006 · CEO Mark Peller
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
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Successful launch of NASA's Lucy probe on a 12-year journey to study the Trojan asteroids.
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Launch time confirmed by ULA
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Added launch time
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
58.3m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
9,050kg
Liftoff thrust
3,827kN
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