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Deep Space 2

Deep Space 2 was a NASA space probe, part of the New Millennium Program. It included two highly advanced miniature space probes that were sent to Mars aboard the Mars Polar Lander in January 1999. The probes were named "Scott" and "Amundsen", in honor of Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen, the first explorers to reach the Earth's South Pole. Intended…

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Contractor
Boeing
Deployed from
Mars Polar Lander (precluded)
Disposal
Failure in transit
Impact date
~20:15 UTC ERT, December 3, 1999
Instruments
InstrumentsImpact accelerometerWater detection apparatusSoil conductivity probeDescent accelerometer
Last contact
20:00, December 3, 1999 (UTC) (1999-12-03T20:00:00Z)

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Deep Space 2

Nodes24
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Triples70
Avg. degree1.92
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Deep Space 2

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related to overview · 14
Deep Space 2 → Air Force Research Laboratory, Arizona, Deep Space, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mars, Mars Microprobe, NASA New Millennium Program, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona University, Pasadena, Taking, The, The Deep Space, The University
related to Bibliography · 11
Deep Space 2 → December, Deep Space, Fact SheetNSSDC Data Archive, JPL, Mars Missions, National Aeronautics, PDF, Press, Press Kit, Retrieved April, Space Administration
related to Aftermath · 8
Deep Space 2 → Deep Space, Despite, European Space Agency's MARSIS, Images, Mars Polar Lander, Mars's, MARSIS, Planum Australe
related to External links · 8
Deep Space 2 → Archived JPL Deep Space, Deep Space, Loss, Mars Polar Lander, Missions, Part, PDF, Report
has impact · 6
Deep Space 2 → Additionally, Batteries, Both, Custom, Deep Space, Mars
related to Mission failure · 5
Deep Space 2 → Deep Space, It, Mars, Mars Polar Lander, The
Contractor · 1
Deep Space 2 → Boeing
Deployed from · 1
Deep Space 2 → Mars Polar Lander (precluded)
Disposal · 1
Deep Space 2 → Failure in transit
Impact date · 1
Deep Space 2 → ~20:15 UTC ERT, December 3, 1999

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mars impact probes space probe deep polar lander spacecraft surface failure would new mission data also batteries water designed two

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Deep Space 2ContractorBoeing1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Deployed fromMars Polar Lander (precluded)1.00infobox
Deep Space 2DisposalFailure in transit1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Impact date~20:15 UTC ERT, December 3, 19991.00infobox
Deep Space 2Impact site.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Deep Space 2InstrumentsInstrumentsImpact accelerometerWater detection apparatusSoil conductivity probeDescent accelerometer1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Last contact20:00, December 3, 1999 (UTC) (1999-12-03T20:00:00Z)1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Launch date20:21:10, January 3, 1999 (UTC) (1999-01-03T20:21:10Z)1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Launch mass2.4 kg (5.3 lb) each1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Launch siteCape Canaveral SLC-171.00infobox
Deep Space 2ManufacturerJet Propulsion Laboratory1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Mission duration334 days Mission failure1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Mission typeMars impactor1.00infobox
Deep Space 2OperatorNASA / JPL1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Power300mW Li-SOCl2 batteries1.00infobox
Deep Space 2RocketDelta II 7425-9.5 D-2651.00infobox
Deep Space 2Spacecraft componentAmundsen and Scott1.00infobox
Deep Space 2Websitejpl.nasa.gov1.00infobox

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