Planetary Science
PHOENIX
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Phoenix was an uncrewed space probe that landed on the surface of Mars on May 25, 2008, and operated until November 2, 2008. Phoenix was operational on Mars for 157 sols. Its instruments were used to assess the local habitability and to research the history of water on Mars. The mission was part of the Mars Scout Program; its total cost was $420 million, including the cost of launch.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 4, 2007 at 09:26 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- Phoenix
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 680 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2007-034A
- NORAD catalog №
- 32003
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 25, 2008
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 25, 2008
- Time in service
- 295 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Mars.
- Final status
- Decayed