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Mars Cube One

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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Launch and cruise

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Similar missions beyond Earth orbit

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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)

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Launch and cruise

Objectives

Design and components

Similar missions beyond Earth orbit

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Mars Cube One

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

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Mars Cube One

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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

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

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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

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