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New Horizons Status

New Horizons Status. PI: Alan Stern ( SwRI ) PM: JHU-APL. Spacecraft is healthy & On-Course for Pluto 1.3x more fuel available for KBO Extended Mission phase than originally expected Payload is healthy and well-calibrated Finishing final Annual Checkout (ACO-8)

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New Horizons Status

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  1. New Horizons Status PI: Alan Stern (SwRI) PM: JHU-APL • Spacecraft is healthy & On-Course for Pluto • 1.3x more fuel available for KBO Extended Mission phase than originally expected • Payload is healthy and well-calibrated • Finishing final Annual Checkout (ACO-8) • First Pluto OpNav Campaign conducted • See slide below • Enter final Hibernation on Aug 29th • Pluto Encounter begins on 2015-Jan-15 • Pluto Closest Approach: 2015-Jul-14 NH Payload (Radio) (High-E Plasma) (UV Spectral) (Vis-Color + IR Spectral) (Low-E Plasma) (Pan Imager) Intensive searches with ground-based facilities over the past 2 years have not yet yielded a KBO target for NH. So a 194-orbit Hubble program was started in June to help; the figure below shows the first potentially targetable KBO found. Pluto OpNav Campaign : Cleanly separate Pluto & Charon Stacked Images (stars and cosmic rays removed) Visit 12 Visit 11

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