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MPF Cruise Stage
MPF Cruise Stage was launched on December 4, 1996 aboard a Delta 7925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 4, 1997).
COSPAR 1996-068GCAT D00729United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MPF Cruise Stage
- International designator
- 1996-068
- GCAT identifier
- D00729
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- NASA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- MPF
Launch
- Date
- December 4, 1996 · 06:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-068Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- PCO
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- July 4, 1997
Size
- Mass
- 295 kg
- Dry mass
- 210 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00729
- Final central body
- Mars
- Phase start
- July 2, 1997
- Phase outcome
- Reentered (orbital decay) · July 4, 1997
- Destination
- Mars
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 1996 | Earth | Dec 9, 1996 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | Rover | Landed and operated | Jul 4, 1997 | — | 19.33, -33.55 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Jul 4, 1997 | — | 19.33, -33.55 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Jul 4, 1997 | — | 19.33, -33.55 |
| Mars | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Jul 4, 1997 | — | 19.33, -33.55 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).