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Mars Cube One: Art & Technology

Mars Cube One (or MarCO) was a Mars flyby mission launched on 5 May 2018 alongside NASA's InSight Mars lander. It consisted of two nanospacecraft, MarCO-A and MarCO-B, that provided real-time communications to Earth for InSight during its entry, descent, and landing (EDL) on 26 November 2018 - when InSight was out of line of sight from the Earth. Both…

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Mars Cube One topic overview

The analysis highlights Art and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around Mars Cube One.

Related topics
26
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
31
Extracted relationships
62
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
31

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Design and components · 11 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Launch and cruise · 2 topics
Similar missions beyond Earth orbit · 2 topics
Objectives · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Closest approach
26 November 2018, 19:52:59 (2018-11-26UTC19:52:59) UTC
Contractor
United Launch Alliance
Declared
2 February 2020
Disposal
Abandoned In Solar Orbit
Distance
3,500 km (2,200 mi)
Last contact
MarCO-A: 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) MarCO-B: 29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Launch and cruise

Objectives

Design and components

Similar missions beyond Earth orbit

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Mars Cube One connects Entity context

The extracted context around Mars Cube One shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Mars Cube One → CubeSat, CubeSats, Earth, Earth's, EDL, EDL-critical, EVE, In, InSight, Instead, MarCO, Mars-Earth, Martian, The, The MarCO, They, This, WALL-E, While Another extracted example is Mars Cube One → California Polytechnic State University, CubeSat, CubeSats, Earth, EVE, JPL, MarCO-A, MarCO-B, Stanford University, The, The MarCO, They, US, WALL-E. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Mars Cube One

Top relations

related to Objectives · 19
Mars Cube One → CubeSat, CubeSats, Earth, Earth's, EDL, EDL-critical, EVE, In, InSight, Instead, MarCO, Mars-Earth, Martian, The, The MarCO, They, This, WALL-E, While
related to overview · 14
Mars Cube One → California Polytechnic State University, CubeSat, CubeSats, Earth, EVE, JPL, MarCO-A, MarCO-B, Stanford University, The, The MarCO, They, US, WALL-E
related to Launch and cruise · 11
Mars Cube One → Atlas, CubeSats, During, InSight, March, MarCO, Mars, May, NASA's Launch Services Program, The, The Atlas
Closest approach · 1
Mars Cube One → 26 November 2018, 19:52:59 (2018-11-26UTC19:52:59) UTC
Contractor · 1
Mars Cube One → United Launch Alliance
Declared · 1
Mars Cube One → 2 February 2020
Disposal · 1
Mars Cube One → Abandoned In Solar Orbit
Distance · 1
Mars Cube One → 3,500 km (2,200 mi)
Last contact · 1
Mars Cube One → MarCO-A: 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) MarCO-B: 29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
Launch date · 1
Mars Cube One → 5 May 2018 (2018-05-05), 11:05 UTC

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

cubesats mission mars insight marco earth cubesat spacecraft one relay orbit data cube communications landing nasa missions space lander antenna

Mars Cube One relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 62 structured relationships around Mars Cube One. Examples in this analysis include Mars Cube One → Closest approach → 26 November 2018, 19:52:59 (2018-11-26UTC19:52:59) UTC and Mars Cube One → Contractor → United Launch Alliance. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mars Cube OneClosest approach26 November 2018, 19:52:59 (2018-11-26UTC19:52:59) UTC1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneContractorUnited Launch Alliance1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneDeclared2 February 20201.00infobox
Mars Cube OneDisposalAbandoned In Solar Orbit1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneDistance3,500 km (2,200 mi)1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneLast contactMarCO-A: 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) MarCO-B: 29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneLaunch date5 May 2018 (2018-05-05), 11:05 UTC1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneLaunch mass13.5 kg (30 lb) each1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneLaunch siteVandenberg Air Force Base SLC-3E1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneManufacturerJPL1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneMission durationMARCO A: 7 months and 30 days MARCO B: 7 months and 24 days1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneMission typeCommunications relay test Mars flyby1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneOperatorNASA1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneReference systemheliocentric1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneRocketAtlas V 4011.00infobox
Mars Cube OneSpacecraft type6U CubeSat1.00infobox
Mars Cube OneWebsitewww.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php1.00infobox
Mars Cube Oneis afirst CubeSat mission to go beyond Earth orbit0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Mars Cube One bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include One, Mars and Marco. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Mars Cube One
    • One
    • Mars
    • Marco
    • Flyby
    • Insight
    • Orbit
    • Cubesat
    • Spacecraft
    • First
    • Launch
    • Mission
    • Deep
  • mars cube one
    • One
    • Mars
    • Marco
    • Flyby
    • Insight
    • Beyond
    • Cubesat
    • First
    • Launch
    • Orbit
    • Mission
    • Nasa
  • mars
    • One
    • Marco
    • Flyby
    • Insight
    • Orbit
    • Cubesat
    • Spacecraft
    • First
    • Launch
    • Mission
    • Deep
    • Launched
  • insight
    • Lander
    • Landing
    • Relay
    • Mars
    • Marco
    • Information
    • Earth
    • Launched
    • Two
    • Data
    • Spacecraft
    • Launch
  • cubesat
    • First
    • One
    • Deep
    • Navigation
    • Space
    • Mars
    • Mission
    • Reflectarray
    • Test
    • Orbit
    • Marco
    • Data
  • low earth orbit
    • Information
    • Orbit
    • Beyond
    • Data
    • First
    • Components
    • Landing
    • Insight
    • Missions
    • Small
    • Relay
    • Cubesats
  • mars reconnaissance orbiter
    • One
    • Marco
    • Flyby
    • Insight
    • Orbit
    • Cubesat
    • Spacecraft
    • First
    • Launch
    • Mission
    • Deep
    • Launched
  • design and components
    • Small
    • Orbit
    • Space
    • Cubesat
    • Spacecraft
    • Earth
    • First
    • Flyby
    • Launch
    • Reflectarray
    • Deep
    • Nasa

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Mars Cube One, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Mars Cube One with Design and components. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Mars Cube OneDesign and components · splits 20 ⟂ 12
Mars Cube OneOverview · splits 21 ⟂ 11
Mars Cube OneLaunch and cruise · splits 29 ⟂ 3
Mars Cube OneSimilar missions beyond Earth orbit · splits 29 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Mars Cube One

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples62
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Mars Cube One to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Mars Cube One · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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