The PSP mission’s 28th Encounter will be occurring between June 3 - 13, 2026. Perihelion 28 will be occurring on June 8, at about 04:35 UT. Prior to perihelion, Parker Solar Probe will be connected to far side sources. At the time of perihelion, the spacecraft will be approximately on the plane of sky as seen from Earth over the solar East limb. The footpoints will then rapidly advance on disk for a few hours after perihelion and proceed over the disk with footpoint motion gradually decelerating. Footpoints will reach the central meridian around 6/9 23:00 UTC and will then proceed slowly towards the West limb over the remainder of the month. In support of the above projections, Parker footpoint daily predictions will be issued daily from Sunday, June 7 to Thursday, June 11.
Daily predictions of projected PSP footpoints will appear here starting June 7, 2026.
