Mars Express

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Mars orbiter interplanetary spacecraft

Mars Express is a European Space Agency spacecraft launched in 2003 to study Mars’ atmosphere, surface, and subsurface from orbit.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mars Express canonical	20
Mars Express mission	5
Mars Express orbiter	4
Mars Express (with ESA)	1
Mars Express programme	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mars orbiter ⓘ interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ
apoapsisAltitude	about 10,000 km above Mars ⓘ
Beagle2LandingAttemptDate	2003-12-25 ⓘ
Beagle2Status	lost on Mars surface after landing attempt ⓘ
carriesInstrument	ASPERA-3 ⓘ HRSC ⓘ High Resolution Stereo Camera ⓘ Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding ⓘ surface form: MARSIS MaRS radio science experiment ⓘ Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding ⓘ OMEGA ⓘ PFS ⓘ Planetary Fourier Spectrometer ⓘ Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser ⓘ surface form: SPICAM
communicationBand	S-band ⓘ X-band ⓘ
cosparId	2003-022A ⓘ
detected	methane in Martian atmosphere ⓘ
discovered	subsurface water ice deposits at Mars south pole ⓘ
dryMass	666 kg ⓘ
enteredMarsOrbit	2003-12-25 ⓘ
hasComponent	Beagle 2 lander ⓘ
launchCountry	Kazakhstan ⓘ
launchDate	2003-06-02 ⓘ
launchMass	1123 kg ⓘ
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
launchVehicle	Soyuz-Fregat ⓘ surface form: Soyuz-FG/Fregat
manufacturer	Astrium ⓘ
missionExtended	multiple times beyond original nominal mission ⓘ
missionTarget	Mars ⓘ
missionType	orbital mission ⓘ planetary science mission ⓘ
notableResult	characterization of Martian ionosphere and solar wind interaction ⓘ high-resolution global imaging of Mars ⓘ mapping of Martian mineralogy ⓘ
nssdcId	2003-022A ⓘ
operator	European Space Agency ⓘ surface form: ESA European Space Agency ⓘ
orbitalInclination	about 86 degrees ⓘ
orbitalPeriod	about 7.5 hours ⓘ
orbitType	highly elliptical Mars orbit ⓘ
periapsisAltitude	about 250 km above Mars ⓘ
power	about 460 W at Mars ⓘ
primaryObjective	search for subsurface water and ice ⓘ study Martian atmosphere ⓘ study Martian subsurface ⓘ study Martian surface ⓘ
program	Mars Express self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mars Express programme
released	Beagle 2 lander ⓘ
spacecraftBus	Eurostar-3000 derivative ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Space Agency → mission → Mars Express ⓘ

Mars → exploredBy → Mars Express ⓘ

CNES → notableProgram → Mars Express ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mars Express (with ESA)

Venus Express → relatedMission → Mars Express ⓘ

Mars Express → program → Mars Express self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mars Express programme

Olympus Mons → observedBy → Mars Express ⓘ

Valles Marineris → studiedByMission → Mars Express ⓘ

Opportunity rover → primaryRelayOrbiters → Mars Express ⓘ

subject surface form: Opportunity

Phobos → hasExplorationBy → Mars Express ⓘ

Deimos → explorationTargetOf → Mars Express ⓘ

Mars Odyssey mission → relatedMission → Mars Express ⓘ

VEX → relatedMission → Mars Express ⓘ

subject surface form: Venus Express

Eurostar-3000 derivative → adaptedFor → Mars Express ⓘ

Eurostar-3000 derivative → heritageUsedOn → Mars Express ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mars Express orbiter

High Resolution Stereo Camera → operatedOn → Mars Express ⓘ

High Resolution Stereo Camera → mountedOn → Mars Express ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mars Express orbiter

High Resolution Stereo Camera → mission → Mars Express ⓘ