Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mars lander crashed. This reconstructed record groups 4 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1999-001; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 January 1999, 20:21:10 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 7425-9.5
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 3 December 1999
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
MPL
Mars lander crashed.
- GCAT ID
- S25605
- Manufacturer
- LMA/DENV
- Launch mass
- 354 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 3.6 m diameter · 3.6 m span
MPL Cruise Stage
GCAT program: Mars Surveyor.
- GCAT ID
- A06163
- Manufacturer
- LMA/DENV
- Launch mass
- 82 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 1 m diameter · 4 m span
DS2 Scott Probe
Mars surface penetrator.
- GCAT ID
- A06223
- Manufacturer
- JPL/LMA
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.3 m diameter · 0.3 m span
DS2 Amundsen Probe
Mars surface penetrator.
- GCAT ID
- A06224
- Manufacturer
- JPL/LMA
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 m long · 0.3 m diameter · 0.3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from MPL.
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