Delta II
SuccessMars Pathfinder · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Dec 4, 1996, 06:58 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Dec 4, 1996, 06:58 UTC – Wednesday, Dec 4, 1996, 06:58 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Mars Pathfinder
Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
he MPF (Mars Pathfinder) (formerly known as the Mars Environmental Survey, or MESUR Pathfinder) is the second of NASA's low-cost planetary Discovery missions. The mission consists of a stationary lander and a surface rover. The mission has the primary objective of demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost landings on and exploration of the Martian surface. This objective will be met by tests of communications between the rover and lander, and the lander and Earth, and tests of the imaging devices and sensors.
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