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Challenger Memorial Station
Challenger Memorial Station was launched on July 8, 2003 aboard a Delta 7925H from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: released (Jan 25, 2004).
COSPAR 2003-032GCAT D00820United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Challenger Memorial Station
- Payload designation
- MER-1 Lander
- International designator
- 2003-032
- GCAT identifier
- D00820
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- NASA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- MPF
Launch
- Date
- July 8, 2003 · 03:18 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-032Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925H
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- PCO
- Status
- Released
- Status date
- January 25, 2004
Size
- Mass
- 348 kg
- Dry mass
- 348 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00820
- Final central body
- Mars
- Phase start
- January 20, 2004
- Phase outcome
- Released · January 25, 2004
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2003 | Earth | Jul 12, 2003 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Jan 25, 2004 | Mars | Jan 25, 2004 | Landed | Mars |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Jan 25, 2004 | — | -1.95, 354.47 |
| Mars | Lander (airbags) | Landed and operated | Jan 25, 2004 | Challenger Memorial Station | -1.95, 354.47 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Jan 25, 2004 | — | -1.96, 354.49 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Jan 25, 2004 | — | -1.95, 354.47 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).