Planetary Science
MAVEN
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MAVEN is an inactive NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars that studied the loss of its atmospheric gases to space, providing insight into the history of the planet's climate and water. The name is an acronym for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution" while the word maven also denotes "a person who has special knowledge or experience; an expert".
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 18, 2013 at 06:28 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 401 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- MAVEN
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-063A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39378
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational