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Launched 5 May 201811:05:01 UTC
Last contact 15 Dec 2022
End declared 21 Dec 2022
Duration 4 years 7 months A NASA lander that listened to the interior of Mars, recording more than 1,300 marsquakes and measuring the size of the planet's core.
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Launch 5 May 2018 Lands in Elysium Planitia 26 Nov 2018 Seismometer set on the ground 19 Dec 2018 Last contact 15 Dec 2022
Spacecraft Stationary lander that placed a French-built seismometer on the ground with its robotic arm. A German heat probe meant to burrow five metres down could not get past the surface soil.
Launch mass 425 kg
Dry mass 358 kg
Size 1.1 m × 1.6 m, span 6 m
Power Solar
Last contact 15 Dec 2022
End declared 21 Dec 2022
Designator 2018-042A Mission details from science.nasa.gov .
Built by Haygen Warren · Code on GitHub
Launch and spacecraft data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), used under CC BY 4.0.
Spacecraft pictures from Wikimedia Commons , credited on each mission's page.
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