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Mars InSight Cruise Stage
Mars InSight Cruise Stage was launched on May 5, 2018 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: released (Nov 26, 2018).
COSPAR 2018-042AGCAT D01000United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Mars InSight Cruise Stage
- International designator
- 2018-042A
- GCAT identifier
- D01000
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- NASA
- 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)
- PCO
- Status
- Released
- Status date
- November 26, 2018
Size
- Mass
- 79 kg
- Dry mass
- 79 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01000
- Final central body
- Mars
- Phase start
- November 22, 2018
- Phase outcome
- Released · November 26, 2018
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2018 | Earth | May 10, 2018 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Mars | Nov 26, 2018 | Reentered (orbital decay) | — |
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 |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).