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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulPlanetary ScienceDelta II
Launched 2004-08-03 06:15:57 UTCSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
30th
orbital launch attempt in 2004
United States Air Force
6th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 17B
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
40 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging", and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.
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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