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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
18:28:00
Monday November 18, 2013
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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
Agency
ULAPrice
$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
41st
Mission
7th
Mission of 2013
76th
Mission
10th
Mission of 2013
65th
Orbital launch attempt