Payload
MARS 2020
DecayedPayloadMEO
Mars 2020 is a NASA mission that includes the rover Perseverance, the now-grounded small robotic helicopter Ingenuity, and associated delivery systems, as part of the Mars Exploration Program. Mars 2020 was launched on an Atlas V rocket at 11:50:01 UTC on July 30, 2020, and landed in the Martian crater Jezero on February 18, 2021, with confirmation received at 20:55 UTC. On March 5, 2021, NASA named the landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing. As of 8 June 2026, Perseverance has been on Mars for 1884 sols. Ingenuity operated on Mars for 1042 sols before sustaining serious damage to its rotor blades, possibly all four, causing NASA to retire the craft on January 25, 2024.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 30, 2020 at 11:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 541 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 27,198 km
- Periapsis
- 26,765 km
- Inclination
- 32.2°
- Orbital period
- 1010.6 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2020-052A
- NORAD catalog №
- 45983
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 18, 2021
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 18, 2021
- Time in service
- 203 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed