New Horizons is catalogued in this registry as a probe, held in the frame of Sol, from Deep-space probes (Horizons direct).
Registry id HZN_2006_001A ·
source layer horizons-direct ·
provenance PROCESSED — derived deterministically from source catalogues (unit, frame and epoch conversions, cross-source reconciliation) — no value invented
Exists from 2006-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2453767.5) — no end date is recorded.
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This object's parent frame changes over its life. Each leg names the frame it is expressed in and the source arc it came from. A leg with no geometry is a declared gap — the registry holds no path across it and draws none.
| From | To | Frame | Geometry | Source arc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2453767.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2007-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2454132.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2008-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2454497.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2009-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2454863.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2010-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2455228.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2011-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2455593.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2455958.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2456324.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2456689.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2457054.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2457419.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2457785.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2458150.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2458515.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2020-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2458880.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2459246.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2459611.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2459976.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2460341.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2460707.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (JD 2461072.5) | open-ended | SOL | orbit | horizons |
| Kind | probe |
|---|---|
| Origin | artificial (made by humans) |
| UN registration | registered with the United Nations — USA · ST/SG/SER.E/493 |
| Planetary protection | target Sol · contact class none · COSPAR category none_no_target under the policy in force at launch (none_no_target under the 2026 policy) · documentation: na_prepolicy — a DOCUMENTATION fact, never a compliance verdict |
2006-001A · emitted from the JPL Horizons navigation solution (no GCAT geometry to refine) [Horizons] · carries an on-board nuclear power source [nuclear: rtg unspecified]: nuclear power source (device not named by the source) + 1 × GPHS-RTG — declared by UN Online Index of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) + NASA Radioisotope Power Systems Program (NASA/DOE) (A/AC.105/864)
Reproduced as the source wrote it. Author-year citations link to their DOI where one is registered.
These are absences in the catalogues aggregated here, not measurements of zero, and not statements that the quantity is unknown to science:
| Database | Deep-space probes (Horizons direct) |
|---|---|
| Authority | NASA/JPL Horizons — mission navigation solutions |
| Address | https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/ |
| Licence | Public domain (NASA/JPL); cite JPL Horizons |
| How it entered | Missions whose GCAT rows carry no geometry, emitted from the navigation solution itself |
| Coverage | New Horizons |
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