United States Air Force

Mars Odyssey

Delta II 7925-9.5

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, April 7, 2001 · 15:02 UTC

Mission

/01

2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. The project was developed by NASA, and contracted out to Lockheed Martin, with an expected cost for the entire mission of US$297 million. Its mission is to use spectrometers and a thermal imager to detect evidence of past or present water and ice, as well as study the planet's geology and radiation environment.

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Delta II 7925-9.5

Variant: 7925-9.5

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.447° N, 80.565° W

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