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Spacecraft information: MAVEN
Launch Details
| Launched | 17 November 2013 |
| Flight ended | – |
| Status | Non-operational |
| Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
| Owner | United States |
| NORAD ID | 39378 |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-063A |
| Alternative names |
MARS ATMOSPHERE AND VOLATILE EVOLUTION |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 2013 Nov 18 | – | Launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41 |
| 2014 Sep 22 | – | Insertion into orbit around Mars |
| 2014 Nov 16 | – | Spacecraft commissioning completed; beginning of primary science mission |
| 2019 Apr 5 | – | Aerobraking maneuver to lower MAVEN's orbit to enable it to act as a better communications relay for rovers on the surface |
Launched alongside
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B