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SuccessInSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2 · United Launch Alliance
Launch time (NET)
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 11:05 UTC
Launch window
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 11:05 UTC – Saturday, May 5, 2018, 11:05 UTC
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
InSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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.
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