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Delta II | Opportunity Rover
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 8, 2003, 3:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Opportunity, also known as MER-B or MER-1, and nicknamed "Oppy", is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until the middle of 2018. Opportunity was able to stay operational for 5111 sols after landing, maintaining its power and key systems through continual recharging of its batteries using solar power, and hibernating during events such as dust storms to save power. Due to the planetary 2018 dust storm on Mars, Opportunity ceased communications on June 10 and entered hibernation on June 12, 2018. It was hoped it would reboot once the weather cleared, but it did not, suggesting either a catastrophic failure or that a layer of dust had covered its solar panels.
Heliocentric N/A
Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 30, 2003, 2:15 p.m.
Pegasus XL | OrbView-3
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
June 26, 2003, 6:53 p.m.
Molniya-M | Molniya-3 65L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 19, 2003, 8 p.m.
Ariane 5 G | Optus and Defence C1 & BSAT-2c
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 11, 2003, 10:38 p.m.
Delta II | Spirit Rover
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 10, 2003, 5:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Spirit, also known as MER-A, is a robotic rover on Mars, active from 2004 to 2010. It landed successfully within the impact crater Gusev on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC on January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin, Opportunity (MER-B), which landed on the other side of the planet. The rover became stuck in a "sand trap" in late 2009 at an angle that hampered recharging of its batteries; its last communication with Earth was sent on March 22, 2010.
Mars OrbitZenit | Thuraya 2
Sea Launch | RussiaSea Launch
June 10, 2003, 1:55 p.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M1-10
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 8, 2003, 10:34 a.m.
Proton-K/Briz-M | AMC 9
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 6, 2003, 10:15 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | Parus 94
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 2003, 7:23 p.m.
