Trajectory from Horizons state vectors
Ulysses's position is interpolated between 172 heliocentric state-vector samples from JPL Horizons that run through 2009-06-29. Past the last sample the marker holds its final position.
The ESA/NASA probe Ulysses flew over the Sun's poles in a unique high-inclination orbit, studying the solar wind in three dimensions.
One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.
Ulysses's position is interpolated between 172 heliocentric state-vector samples from JPL Horizons that run through 2009-06-29. Past the last sample the marker holds its final position.
Ulysses: mass 3.700 × 10^2 kg. These values are bundled with the object record and drive the rendered size.
The close-up shows a published 3D model scaled to 3 m spacecraft-body extent. Distributed through NASA 3D Resources; original mission-agency credit applies.
The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.
Trajectory coverage: 1990-10-07 to 2009-06-29 (172 samples). Outside that window the marker holds its last known position.
| Dataset | Last refreshed | Horizon | Automated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spacecraft trajectories (baked keyframes) | no snapshot date | Per craft: each evidence page states the first and last sample date | No, refreshed by hand scripts/bake-trajectories.mjs |