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MARS EXPRESS
Launch Details
| Launched | 1 June 2003 |
| Flight ended | – |
| Status | Operational |
| Launch site | Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome) |
| Owner | European Space Agency |
| NORAD ID | 27816 |
| COSPAR ID | 2003-022A |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 2003 Jun 2 | – | Launch from Baikonur 31/6 |
| 2003 Dec 19 | – | Release of Beagle 2 from orbiter |
| 2003 Dec 20 | – | Pre-rendezvous burn |
| 2003 Dec 25 | – | Insertion into orbit around Mars |
| 2003 Dec 25 | – | Landing of Beagle 2 on Martian surface |
| 2003 Dec 25 | – | Failure of Beagle 2 |
| 2004 Jan 28 | – | Orbiter reaches final science orbit around Mars |
| 2005 May 4 | – | Deployment of first 20-metre-long radar boom for MARSIS experiment |
| 2005 Jun 14 | – | Deployment of second 20-metre-long radar boom for MARSIS experiment |
| 2010 Mar 5 | – | Flyby of Phobos |
| 2013 Dec 29 | – | Flyby of Phobos |
Launched alongside
FREGAT R/B