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List of New Horizons topics

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New Horizons at Kennedy Space Center in 2005
Pluto by New Horizons
Charon by New Horizons
486958 Arrokoth by New Horizons

List of New Horizons topics is a list of topics related to the New Horizons spacecraft, an unmanned space probe launched 2006 to Pluto and beyond.

On January 19, 2006 it was launched directly into a solar-escape trajectory at 16.26 kilometers per second (58,536 km/h; 36,373 mph) from Cape Canaveral using an Atlas V version with 5 SRBs and Star 48B thirdstage .[1] New Horizons passed the Moon's orbit in just nine hours.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ Scharf, Caleb A. (February 25, 2013). "The Fastest Spacecraft Ever?". Scientific American. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Neufeld, Michael (July 10, 2015). "First Mission to Pluto: The Difficult Birth of New Horizons". Smithsonian. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "New Horizons: Mission Overview" (PDF). International Launch Services. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. ^ Alex Parker (30 April 2013). "2011 HM102: A new companion for Neptune". The Planetary Society. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ Zangari, Amanda (March 28, 2015). "Postcards from Pluto". Tumblr.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "New Horizons". pluto.jhuapl.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  7. ^ Shuster, Patrick (January 16, 2006). "Spacecraft will carry memory of Sagamore native". Trib Total Media, Inc. Retrieved July 8, 2015.