Lin Hsin Hsin Space Station

3 Art-on-Chip onboad
OSIRIS-REx Mission
Entering the Earth's Atmosphere



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Sep 24, 2023 08:42 MDT - 09:02:00 MDT

Sep 24, 2023, 08:00:00 MDT

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Path to Touchdown

🚀 OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Path to Touchdown
📅 Date: Sep 24, 2023
🕣 Time: 08:13:00 MDT
🚀 Crusing speed: 44,497.145 km/h
🚀 Altitude: 433,000 ft

🕣 Time: 08:14:10 MDT
🌡 The compression of Earth’s atmosphere will produce enough energy to envelop the capsule in a superheated ball, @ 2760 °C
🛡 keeping the sample safe at a temperature similar to that of Bennu’s surface

🕣 Time: 08:16:30 MDT
☂ Drogue parachute traveling @ subsonic speed will bring the capsule’s descent to a safe landing speed
🚀 Altitude: 102,300 ft

🕣 Time: 08:21:50 MDT
☂ Main parachute traveling @ even a slower speed will bring the capsule’s descent to a safe landing speed

🕣 Time: 08:27:00 MDT
🚀 Crusing speed: 16.09 km/h
🇺🇸 Department of Defense's Utah Test & Training Range
🎯 Ejecting the sample canister





Sep 24, 2023, 08:57:00 MDT OSIRIS-APEX Mission
After the sample return
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will be using its remaining fuel for another long-duration rendezvous -- Asteroid Apophis has been selected for this extended mission

As such

OSIRIS-REx will be renamed to OSIRIS-APEX
Abbreviation for OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer
Apophis is the Ancient Egyptian sun-god Greek name of Apep, an enemy of Ra

Sep 8, 2016 to Sep 24, 2023
OSIRIS-REx traveled

📍 1.2 billion km to reach Asteroid Bennu
📍 1.4 billion km back to Planet Earth

Sep 24, 2023 to Apr 13, 2029


OSIRIS-APEX will be traveling

📍 287,095,507 km to reach Asteroid Apophis
📍 ~300,000,000 km back to Planet Earth


Total Distance traveled

3.18 billion km