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NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS. New Horizons: A Journey to New Frontiers. New Horizons is New Frontiers 1 Launch: Jan ‘06. First Time Exploration of The Solar System’s “Third Zone”. KBOs 2016-2020. Pluto-Charon July 2015. Jupiter System March 2007. PKB AO-Defined Measurement Objectives. Required.

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NEW HORIZONS

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  1. NEW HORIZONS New Horizons: A Journey to New Frontiers

  2. New Horizons is New Frontiers 1 Launch: Jan ‘06 First Time Exploration of The Solar System’s “Third Zone” KBOs 2016-2020 Pluto-Charon July 2015 Jupiter System March 2007

  3. PKB AO-Defined Measurement Objectives Required Important Desired

  4. Instrument Payload LORRI ALICE PEPSSI RALPH CORE: • REX Uplink radio science & passive radiometry • RALPH VIS/IR imaging & spectroscopy • ALICE UV imaging spectroscopy Supplemental: • LORRI High-resolution imager • SWAP plasma spectrometer • PEPSSI energetic particle spectrometer • SDC EPO Student Dust Counter SWAP Student Dust Counter

  5. New HorizonsPayload Characteristics

  6. New HorizonsScience Traceability New Horizons meets or exceeds all of the PKB mission Group 1 (AO-required) measurement objectives, plus all of the (AO-desired) Group 2, and 3 of the 4 Group 3 measurement objectives.

  7. Science Objectives Are Accomplished with Great Functional Redundancy

  8. Toward New Frontiers New Horizons is Demonstrating That Exciting Low Cost Outer Planet Missions Are Indeed Feasible.

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