NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

MAVEN

Launch Time
Mon Nov 18, 2013 18:28 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 401
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Retired
Price: $109.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,826 kN
Payload to LEO: 9,797 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,750 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.8 m

Mission Details

MAVEN

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,454.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2013

65th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

76th mission
10th mission of 2013
75th successful mission
71st consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

41st mission
7th mission of 2013
40th successful mission
31st consecutive successful mission