Status
Success
Mars Odyssey
Launch Time
Sat Apr 07, 2001 15:02 UTC
Sat Apr 07, 2001 15:02 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Mars Odyssey
2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. The project was developed by NASA, and contracted out to Lockheed Martin, with an expected cost for the entire mission of US$297 million. Its mission is to use spectrometers and a thermal imager to detect evidence of past or present water and ice, as well as study the planet's geology and radiation environment.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 758.0 kg
Location
SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2001
14th orbital launch attempt
Delta II
95th mission
2nd mission of 2001
93rd successful mission
40th consecutive successful mission