Delta II | Messenger
United States Air Force · Delta II 7925H-9.5 · Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 1,063rd launch · 6th this year · humanity's 4,669th orbital launch attempt
August 3, 2004Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 3, 06:15 – Aug 3, 06:15 UTC
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Messenger
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging", and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.
Planetary Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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