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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulPlanetary ScienceDelta II
Launched 2001-04-07 15:02:22 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
14th
orbital launch attempt in 2001
United States Air Force
3rd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 17A
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
67 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
38.9m
Diameter
2.4m
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