Mars Express
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Mars Express is a European Space Agency spacecraft launched in 2003 to study Mars’ atmosphere, surface, and subsurface from orbit.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mars Express (with ESA)
this entity surface form:
Mars Express programme