New Horizons in 3D: live position and trajectory

Launched in 2006, flew past Pluto in 2015 and the Kuiper belt object Arrokoth in 2019.

The real position of New Horizons is shown, from the trajectory computed by NASA JPL Horizons. The view opens on New Horizons; you can travel in time, follow its route and compare it with the planets.

Mass

385 kg¹

Launch date

January 19, 2006¹

Launch vehicle

Atlas V¹

Launch site

Cape Canaveral, United States¹

Trajectory: JPL Horizons, precomputed from January 21, 2006 to December 29, 2049.

Instruments

• The Alice Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph for New Horizons
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• The Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA) for New Horizons
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• The Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) for New Horizons
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• The Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) for New Horizons
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• The Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI) for New Horizons
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• The Radio Science Experiment for New Horizons
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• The Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) Instrument for New Horizons
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• The Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (SDC) for New Horizons
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Investigations it appears in

• New Horizons
• New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission 1
• New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission 2

What the PDS archive declares this spacecraft carries, read on September 30, 2026. Each name is the one the archive publishes, and the identifier below it is its citation.

Sources

1. NASA NSSDCA, Master Catalog. read 2026-09-20. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/