Planetary Science
MARS EXPRESS
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Mars Express is a space exploration mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) exploring the planet Mars and its moons since 2003, and the first planetary mission attempted by ESA.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 2, 2003 at 05:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz-FG Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Mars Express
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Launch mass
- 1,117 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-022A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27816
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Status
- Operational