Titan Rotorcraft (Planned)
Dragonfly
Dragonfly is currently about 1,292,803,730 kilometres from Earth, or 8.642 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 71.9 minutes out. It is 9.439 astronomical units from the Sun.
A car-sized nuclear-powered octocopter that will fly from dune to dune across Titan, sampling organic chemistry on a world with methane rain and rivers.
Slated to launch in 2028 and arrive at Titan’s Selk crater region in 2034.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 1,292,803,730 km (8.642 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 1,412,059,720 km (9.439 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 71.9 minutes
The mission
- Status
- Planned
- Operator
- NASA
- Operating
- Saturn