New Horizons spacecraft payload deck

E534183

spacecraft payload platform spacecraft subsystem

The New Horizons spacecraft payload deck is the platform that houses and supports its scientific instruments and sensors used to study Pluto, the Kuiper Belt, and the outer solar system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
New Horizons science deck	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	spacecraft payload platform ⓘ spacecraft subsystem ⓘ
associatedWith	Arrokoth flyby in 2019 ⓘ Pluto system encounter in 2015 ⓘ
carries	Alice ultraviolet imaging spectrograph NERFINISHED ⓘ LORRI long-range reconnaissance imager NERFINISHED ⓘ PEPSSI energetic particle spectrometer NERFINISHED ⓘ REX radio science experiment hardware ⓘ Ralph visible and infrared imager NERFINISHED ⓘ SWAP solar wind around Pluto instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ Student Dust Counter NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor	Kuiper Belt object studies ⓘ Pluto system studies ⓘ outer solar system exploration ⓘ planetary science observations ⓘ supporting scientific instruments ⓘ supporting sensors ⓘ
designedToWithstand	launch loads ⓘ radiation in outer solar system ⓘ thermal cycling ⓘ vibration ⓘ
environment	deep space vacuum ⓘ low-temperature outer solar system ⓘ
function	helps manage instrument fields of view ⓘ interfaces instruments with spacecraft structure ⓘ maintains instrument alignment ⓘ provides mechanical support for instruments ⓘ provides stable mounting for sensors ⓘ
launchDate	2006-01-19 ⓘ
launchVehicle	Atlas V 551 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	New Horizons spacecraft bus NERFINISHED ⓘ
mission	New Horizons Pluto–Kuiper Belt mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA ⓘ Southwest Research Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientationRole	helps define instrument pointing geometry ⓘ
partOf	New Horizons spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsInstrument	Alice instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ LORRI instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ PEPSSI instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ REX instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph instrument NERFINISHED ⓘ SDC instrument ⓘ SWAP instrument ⓘ
usedFor	Charon observations ⓘ Kuiper Belt object flyby observations ⓘ Pluto flyby observations ⓘ heliospheric measurements in outer solar system ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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PEPSSI → locatedOn → New Horizons spacecraft payload deck ⓘ

Alice → hostBody → New Horizons spacecraft payload deck ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Horizons science deck