New Horizons out of hibernation: where is the interplanetary station now?

On the interplanetary automatic station New Horizons on Habré already written. It is she who should get close to Pluto next July.



So, now New Horizons is in 28.67 astromomic units (AU) from the Earth, and in 3,12 AU. from Pluto. The speed of convergence with Pluto is 14.73 km / s. As we see, the path has been made quite significant. It is also worth noting that since February of this year, the device was in a state of hibernation, and the other day it was taken out of this state.

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Red line - the future route of the device.



This is done to check the technical condition of the station. There were no problems with hibernation, but the technical check of the “New Horizons” will be carried out all summer. After testing all the systems, the device will once again plunge into hibernation, and it will start working in December 2014.



At this time, work will be done on preparing the flight for Pluto (I remind you that rapprochement with this dwarf planet will occur on July 14 of next year).