NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Spirit

Launch Time
Tue Jun 10, 2003 17:58 UTC

Rocket

Delta II 7925
Image Credit: ULA
Boeing
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,511 kN
Payload to GTO: 1,819 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 9
Rocket Height: 38.1 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.9 m
Fairing Height: 8.49 m

Mission Details

Spirit (MER-A)

Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, is a robotic rover on Mars. It is one of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 185.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2003

27th orbital launch attempt

Delta II

107th mission
4th mission of 2003
105th successful mission
52nd consecutive successful mission