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MarCO-A
One of a pair of 6U CubeSats launched with NASA's InSight Mars lander in 2018. MarCO-A 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 2018-042BNORAD 43458United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MarCO-A
- Payload designation
- Mars Cube One
- Other names
- Eve
- International designator
- 2018-042B
- NORAD catalog number
- 43458
- GCAT identifier
- S43458
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/877
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Mars Cubesat
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 6U
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
- August 2018
- End of operations
- Dec 29, 2018
Size
- Mass
- 14 kg
- Dry mass
- 14 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.8 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00998
- Final central body
- Mars
- Phase start
- November 22, 2018
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · November 30, 2018
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2018 | Earth | May 10, 2018 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q52726080 (CC0).