2004 · United States Air Force
Messenger
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MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging", and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 3, 2004 at 06:15 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- Messenger
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit