Planetary Science
MARCO-A
OperationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
San Marco 1, also known as San Marco A, was the first Italian satellite. Built in-house by the Italian Space Research Commission on behalf of the National Research Council, it was the first of five as part of the Italian-US San Marco programme.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 5, 2018 at 11:05 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- InSight, Mars Cube One 1 & Mars Cube One 2
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 13.5 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-042B
- NORAD catalog №
- 43458
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational