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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulPlanetary ScienceProton-M Briz-M
Launched 2016-03-14 09:31:42 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Heliocentric N/A
Worldwide
17th
orbital launch attempt in 2016
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
1st
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
149 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
This is the first part of ESA’s and Roscosmos’s Mars exploration programme (ExoMars). The launch in the 2016 Mars window will consist of an orbiter and lander and will take 7 months to travel to Mars. The Trace Gas Orbiter will search for trace gases in the atmosphere such as methane and hydrogen. The Schiaparelli lander will travel with the orbiter until each reaches Mars, where it will attempt to descend through the atmosphere and land on the surface. The lander only contains a small array of scientific instruments, to conduct experiments over 4 Martian days.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1916 · Director Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
Launches
193
Successful
178
92%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
53m
Diameter
7.4m
To low Earth orbit
21,000kg
Liftoff thrust
10,000kN
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