Ulysses (spacecraft)

NASA robotic space probe that studied the Sun

Ulysses (yoo-LISS-eez, YOO-liss-eez) was a robotic space probe whose primary mission was to orbit the Sun and study it at all latitudes. It was launched in 1990 and made three "fast latitude scans" of the Sun in 1994/1995, 2000/2001, and 2007/2008. In addition, the probe studied several comets. Ulysses was a joint venture of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), under leadership of ESA with participation from Canada's National Research Council. The last day for mission operations on Ulysses was 30 June 2009.

Mission type	Heliophysics +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Operator	NASA / ESA +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
COSPAR ID	1990-090B +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
SATCAT no.	20842 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Website	NASA Page ESA Page +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Mission duration	18 years, 8 months and 24 days +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES

Launch mass	370 kg (820 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Power	285 W +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

EXPEDITION

CREW

START OF MISSION

Launch date	11:47:16, October 6, 1990 (UTC) (1990-10-06T11:47:16Z) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Rocket	Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41) with Inertial Upper Stage and PAM-S +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch site	KSC Launch Complex 39B +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

END OF MISSION

Disposal	Decommissioned +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Deactivated	June 30, 2009 (2009-06-30) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

ORBITAL PARAMETERS

Reference system	Heliocentric +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Eccentricity	0.60262 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Inclination	79.11° +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Period	2,264.26 days (6.2 years) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Epoch	12:00:00, February 24, 1992 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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