ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B
Launched | 17 November 2013 |
Flight ended | – |
Status | Unknown |
Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
Owner | United States |
NORAD ID | 39379 |
COSPAR ID | 2013-063B |
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
MAVEN