OSIRIS-REx in 3D: live position and trajectory

Launched in 2016, collected a sample from asteroid Bennu and returned it to Earth in 2023.

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

Mass

1,528 kg¹

Launch date

September 8, 2016¹

Launch vehicle

Atlas V¹

Launch site

Cape Canaveral, United States¹

Trajectory: JPL Horizons, precomputed from September 10, 2016 to March 17, 2030.

Instruments

• OSIRIS-REx Radio Science (Telecom) Subsystem
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• The OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS) aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
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• The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
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• The OSIRIS-REx Propulsion Subsystem (PROP)
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• The OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer (OTES) aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
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• The OSIRIS-REx Visible and Near InfraRed Spectrometer (OVIRS) aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
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• The Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) onboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
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• The Touch-and-Go Camera Suite (TAGCAMS) aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
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Investigations it appears in

• OSIRIS-REx
• OSIRIS-APEX Mission

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/