Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
MESSENGER
Messenger (stylized as MESSENGER, a backronym for "MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging"; the name is a reference to the messenger deity of the same name from Roman mythology) was a NASA robotic spacecraft that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,108.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2004
30th orbital launch attempt
Delta II
115th mission
5th mission of 2004
113th successful mission
60th consecutive successful mission