Atlas V 401 | InSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2
Launch Successful
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May 5, 2018, 11:05 a.m.
Launch Window
May 5, 2018, 11:05 a.m. - May 5, 2018, 1:05 p.m.
May 5, 2018, 11:05 a.m. - May 5, 2018, 1:05 p.m.
InSight is a robotic Mars lander designed to study the interior and subsurface of Mars, which would in turn help scientists to understand the Earth and Solar System history. Two 6U CubeSats will piggyback with the InSight mission to help relay communications during the probe's entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase.
An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
INFO WIKI
NASA’s InSight Mars lander mission will likely conclude by the end of the year as power levels for the spacecraft continue to decline, project officials confirmed May 17.
Dusty solar panels and darker skies are expected to bring the Mars lander mission to a close around the end of this year.
NASA’s InSight lander operating on the surface of Mars has detected the most powerful seismic tremor ever measured on another planet, a “marsquake” estimated at magnitude 5, strong enough to reveal new insights about the deep Martian inter…
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT) on Tuesday, May 17, to provide an update on the agency’s InSight Mars lander.
Estimated to be magnitude 5, the quake is the biggest ever detected on another planet.
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A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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New generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.
Third cargo delivery mission to the Chinese large modular space station.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
Commercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swar…
Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
