Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Mars orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2003-022; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 2 June 2003, 17:45:26 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-FG
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-FG rocket launched the Mars Express mission on Monday, June 2, 2003 at 5:45 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-FG
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2003-022
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Jun 2, 2003, 17:45 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jun 02 2003
- Pad and location
- LC-31, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mars Express
Mars orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S27816
- Manufacturer
- Astrium (D), Bremen
- Launch mass
- 1,117 kg
- Propulsion
- S400-12
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 5 m span
Beagle 2
Mars lander, failed.
- GCAT ID
- A06833
- Manufacturer
- EADSB/MBAK
- Launch mass
- 34 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 0.9 m diameter · 0.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mars Express.
Verification
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