Delta II | Mars Pathfinder
United States Air Force · Delta II 7925 · Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 971st launch · 13th this year · humanity's 4,113th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 4, 06:58 – Dec 4, 06:58 UTC
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Mars Pathfinder
he MPF (Mars Pathfinder) (formerly known as the Mars Environmental Survey, or MESUR Pathfinder) is the second of NASA's low-cost planetary Discovery missions. The mission consists of a stationary lander and a surface rover. The mission has the primary objective of demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost landings on and exploration of the Martian surface. This objective will be met by tests of communications between the rover and lander, and the lander and Earth, and tests of the imaging devices and sensors.
Robotic Exploration · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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