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DS2 Amundsen Probe
DS2 Amundsen Probe was launched on January 3, 1999 aboard a Delta 7425-9.5 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: released (Dec 3, 1999).
COSPAR 1999-001GCAT D00767United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DS2 Amundsen Probe
- Payload designation
- Deep Space 2 Microprobe 2
- International designator
- 1999-001
- GCAT identifier
- D00767
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Mars Microprobe
Launch
- Date
- January 3, 1999 · 20:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-001Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7425-9.5
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- PCO
- Status
- Released
- Status date
- December 3, 1999
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00767
- Final central body
- Mars
- Phase start
- December 1, 1999
- Phase outcome
- Released · December 3, 1999
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1999 | Earth | Jan 8, 1999 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Dec 3, 1999 | Mars | Dec 3, 1999 | Reentered (orbital decay) | — |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Dec 3, 1999 | — | -76.10, -195.30 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Dec 3, 1999 | — | -76.10, -195.30 |
| Mars | Lander (low-velocity impact) | Targeted impact | Dec 3, 1999 | — | -73.00, -210.00 |
| Mars | Lander (low-velocity impact) | Targeted impact | Dec 3, 1999 | — | -73.00, -210.00 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).