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NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission

Solar System News

Friday, 24 June 2022

NASA announced Friday that the Psyche asteroid mission – the agency’s first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid – will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt.

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Planetary Positions

01.08.2025 at 13:30:21 UTC

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Planet	Longitude
The Sun	09 Leo 33' 39"
The Moon	09 Sco 55' 56"
Mercury	08 Leo 35' 09" R
Venus	01 Can 37' 05"
Mars	26 Vir 38' 51"
Jupiter	11 Can 49' 59"
Saturn	01 Ari 37' 16" R
Uranus	00 Gem 56' 16"
Neptune	01 Ari 58' 30" R
Pluto	02 Aqu 25' 07" R

Solar Status

BZ Status:	5
Proton Density:	1.81
Proton Speed:	505.5 k/sec
KP Status:	2.67

Type	Aug 1	Aug 2	Aug 3
Active	25%	20%	15%
Minor	5%	5%	1%
Moderate	1%	1%	1%
Strong	1%	1%	1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT	2.33	1.67	1.67
03-06UT	2.67	3.00	1.33
06-09UT	2.33	2.67	1.33
09-12UT	2.00	2.33	1.33
12-15UT	2.00	2.00	1.33
15-18UT	1.67	1.33	1.33
18-21UT	2.00	1.33	1.67
21-00UT	2.33	1.67	1.67
Solar Activity
Solar activity was at low levels. Only low-level C-class X-ray activity was observed. Region 4167 (N10W17, Dai/beta-gamma) developed into the most complex region on the disk, with growth in both number of spots and penumbral area. Only minor changes were observed in the remaining numbered active regions on the visible disk. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery.
Solar Wind
The solar wind parameters were indicative of a near-background regime. Total magnetic field strength was between 4-8 nT. The Bz component reached as far south was -7 but frequently fluctuating between positive and negative over the past 24 hours. Solar wind speeds varied between ~400-500 km/s. Phi angle was predominantly negative.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux reached high levels with a peak flux of 1,104 pfu observed at 31/1355 UTC. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux was steady at background levels throughout the period.

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