United Launch AllianceAtlas V 401Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

MAVEN

Launched

November 18, 2013

Launch Successful

Summary

MAVEN launched on an United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 18, 2013. It was United Launch Alliance's 77th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 5,333rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 19th Atlas V 401 flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.

Watch: Mars Bound MAVEN Probe LaunchesNASA
Vehicle: Atlas V 401 · United Launch Alliance
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Planetary Science · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Milestone: 19th Atlas V 401 flight · 5th this yearUnited Launch Alliance's 77th launch10th this yearhumanity's 5,333rd orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year

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Catalogued objects

2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage

MAVEN · NORAD 39378 · left Earth orbit November 19, 2013

Centaur AV-038 · left Earth orbit November 19, 2013

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

MAVEN is a Mars orbiter with a mission to study the martian atmosphere and how it was lost over time.

News

1 story

NASA · Jul 23NASA’s MAVEN Illuminates New Understanding of Auroras at MarsNASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to Earth-based auroras. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into Earth’s atmosphere is happening at […]

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

62nd launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 6th this year · 702nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

61 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Questions

When did MAVEN launch?

MAVEN launched on November 18, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch MAVEN?

Coverage: Mars Bound MAVEN Probe Launches. Watch the replay

What rocket launched MAVEN?

Atlas V 401, flown by United Launch Alliance. Atlas V 401 spec sheet

Where did MAVEN launch from?

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

What orbit was MAVEN going to?

Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A), a planetary science mission.

How many satellites did MAVEN launch?

1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).