InSight
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The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight)[1] mission is a robotic launder designed tae study the deep interior o the planet Maurs.[11][12]
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Tap: Artist's renderin o the MarCO CubeSats Bottom: Airtist's renderin o the InSight launder | |||||||||||
Names | Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport Geophysical Monitoring Station Discovery 12 | ||||||||||
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Mission teep | Maurs launder | ||||||||||
Operator | NASA / JPL | ||||||||||
COSPAR ID | 2018-042A | ||||||||||
SATCAT no. | 43457 | ||||||||||
Wabsteix | Mars.NASA.gov/InSight | ||||||||||
Mission duration | Planned: 709 sols (728 days)[1][2] Current: 1730 sols (1777 days) syne laundin | ||||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||
Launch mass | 694 kg (1,530 lb)[3] | ||||||||||
Laundin mass | 358 kg (789 lb)[3] | ||||||||||
Dimensions | Deployed: 6.0 × 1.56 × 1.0 m (19.7 × 5.1 × 3.3 ft)[4]- | ||||||||||
Pouer | 600 W, solar / Li-ion battery[3] | ||||||||||
Stairt o mission | |||||||||||
Launch date | 5 May 2018, 11:05 (2018-05-05UTC11:05) UTC[5][6] | ||||||||||
Rocket | Atlas V 401[7] | ||||||||||
Launch steid | Vandenberg SLC-3E[7] | ||||||||||
Contractor | United Launch Alliance | ||||||||||
Maurs lander | |||||||||||
Laundin date | 26 November 2018, 19:52:59 (2018-11-26UTC19:52:59) UTC[2] | ||||||||||
Landin steid | Elysium Planitia[8][9] 4.5°N 135.0°E / 4.5; 135.0 (InSight landing site) | ||||||||||
Fleebi o Maurs | |||||||||||
Spacecraft component | Mars Cube One (MarCO) | ||||||||||
Closest approach | 26 November 2018, 19:52:59 (2018-11-26UTC19:52:59) UTC[2] | ||||||||||
Distance | 3,500 km (2,200 mi)[10] | ||||||||||
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Discovery Program ← GRAIL Lucy → |
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