Mars
MAVEN
Mars exosphere study.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mars exosphere study. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2013-063; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 November 2013, 18:28:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 401
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the MAVEN mission on Monday, November 18, 2013 at 6:28 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- Vehicle
- Atlas V
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2013-063
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Nov 18, 2013, 18:28 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Nov 18 2013
- Pad and location
- SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 6 December 2025
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
MAVEN
Mars exosphere study.
- GCAT ID
- S39378
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Denver), Astronautics Operations
- Launch mass
- 2,454 kg
- Propulsion
- MR-107 x 6
- Dimensions
- 2.3 m long · 2 m diameter · 11.4 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from MAVEN.
Verification
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