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InSight
Robotic lander on Mars. InSight was launched on May 5, 2018 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (May 5, 2018).
COSPAR 2018-042ANORAD 43457United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Mars InSight Lander
- Common name
- InSight
- Payload designation
- Mars InSight
- International designator
- 2018-042A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43457
- GCAT identifier
- S43457
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/877
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Discovery
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Denver), Astronautics Operations
- Platform (bus)
- Mars
Launch
- Date
- May 5, 2018 · 11:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-042Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 115 km
- Inclination
- 63.54°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- May 5, 2018
- Last known active
- Dec 15, 2022
- End of operations
- Dec 15, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 425 kg
- Dry mass
- 358 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 694 kg
- Length
- 1.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00997
- Final central body
- Mars
- Phase start
- November 22, 2018
- Phase outcome
- Landed · November 26, 2018
- Destination
- 4.5N 135.9E
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2018 | Earth | May 10, 2018 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Mars | — | Stopped transmitting on the surface | — |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Nov 26, 2018 | — | 4.60, 135.60 |
| Mars | Lander (powered landing) | Landed and operated | Nov 26, 2018 | — | 4.55, 135.62 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1660590 (CC0).