Mercury
Messenger
Mercury orbiter.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mercury orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2004-030; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 August 2004, 06:15:57 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 7925H
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket launched the Messenger mission on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at 6:15 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- United Launch Alliance (ULA)
- Vehicle
- Delta II
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2004-030
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Aug 3, 2004, 06:15 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Aug 03 2004
- Pad and location
- SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 April 2015
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Messenger
Mercury orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S28391
- Manufacturer
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Launch mass
- 1,108 kg
- Propulsion
- Leros 1b
- Dimensions
- 1.4 m long · 1.9 m diameter · 6 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
13 images from Messenger.
Verification
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