MAVEN

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

18:28:00

Monday November 18, 2013

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MAVEN

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Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission was developed by NASA to study the Martian atmosphere while orbiting Mars. Mission goals include determining how the planet's atmosphere and water, presumed to have once been substantial, were lost over time.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

2,454 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas V 401

Active 2002 to 2022

United Launch Alliance logo

Agency

ULA

Price

$109.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.81m

Height: 58.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 9,797 kg

GTO: 4,750 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,826 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.2m

Height: 13.8m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Atlas V


41st

Mission

7th

Mission of 2013

United Launch Alliance


76th

Mission

10th

Mission of 2013

2013


65th

Orbital launch attempt