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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:26:00
Saturday August 4, 2007
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Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. The Phoenix lander landed on Mars on May 25, 2008. Mission scientists used instruments aboard the lander to assess the local habitability and to research the history of water there. The total mission cost was about US $386 million, which includes cost of the launch.
1 Payload
670 kilograms
Agency
ULARocket
Height: 38.1m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 1,819 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,511 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.9m
Height: 8.49m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
9
129th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2007
6th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2007
36th
Orbital launch attempt