Mission record
IMAP
Also known as Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
NASA · Launched
Explore trajectoryActive · Active
NASA's active IMAP maps the heliosphere's boundaries and studies solar-wind interaction with interstellar space.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Launch site
- Kennedy Space Center, Launch Complex 39A
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Heliophysics
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
IMAP · Orbiter
Destinations: Sun
Trajectory record
Time-dependent navigation trajectory
Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.
Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.
- IMAP: Estimated · September 24, 2025 to October 11, 2026
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through October 4, 2026
- IMAP - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- IMAP Science Data Center SPICE access and product classes — NASATechnical document · Supports: mission claims
- IMAP original reconstructed navigation product inventory — NASAEphemeris · Supports: mission claims
- IMAP original attitude-history product inventory — NASAEphemeris · Supports: mission claims
- NASA, NOAA Launch Three Spacecraft to Map Sun’s Influence Across Space — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Our Sun: Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context