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Mars Express

Mars Express is a space exploration mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) exploring the planet Mars and its moons since 2003, and the first planetary mission attempted by ESA.

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Apoareion altitude
10,107 km (6,280 mi)
ASPERA
Energetic Neutral Atoms Analyser
Contractor
Starsem
COSPAR ID
2003-022A
Dry mass
666 kg (1,468 lb)
Eccentricity
0.571

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Name

Background

Orbiter and subsystems

Lander

Scientific instruments

Operations of the spacecraft

Mission timeline

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Mars Express

Nodes146
Edges145
Triples187
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013699
Components1

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Mars Express

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related to Scientific instruments · 45
Mars Express → Activité, Advanced Sounding Radar Altimeter, Allows Mars Express, ASPERA, Assesses, Determines, Eau, Energetic Atoms, Express Lander Communications, Fourier Spectrometer, France, Germany, Glaces, Has, HRSC, Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer, Infrared Mineralogical Mapping Spectrometer, Instrument, Investigates, Is
related to Operations of the spacecraft · 16
Mars Express → All, Darmstadt, ESA's Operation Centre, ESOC, Flight Control Team, Flight Dynamics Team, Ground Facilities Engineers, Ground Operations Managers, Industry Support, Operations, Project, Software Support, The, The Flight Control Team, The Mission Control Team, This
related to Lander jettison · 14
Mars Express → An, Beagle, CET, December, EST December, February, However, It, Landing, Mars's, NASA Mars Odyssey, The Beagle, UT, UTC
related to Launch · 14
Mars Express → Baikonur Cosmodrome, Earth, EDT, Fregat, June, Kazakhstan, Mars, Russian-launched, Soviet Union, Soyuz-FG/Fregat, The, The Fregat, The Mars Express, UT
related to background · 10
Mars Express → Beagle-2, European, Mars, Mars's, Russian, Russian Mars, Some, The, The Mars Express, Visual Monitoring Camera
related to Control unit and data storage · 10
Mars Express → AI, Another, Control, Data, DSN, Earth, MEXAR2, The, The AI, Units
related to Propulsion · 10
Mars Express → Approximately, Delta II, Fregat, Mars, Pressurized, Soyuz, Soyuz/Fregat, The, The Soyuz/Fregat, Trajectory
related to Routine phase: science return · 8
Mars Express → Earth-pointing, July, Mars, MARSIS, Nominal, Nominally, Radio Science, Since
related to Orbit insertion · 7
Mars Express → December, EST, Mars, On December, September, The Mars Express, UT
related to Attitude control - avionics · 5
Mars Express → Attitude, Mars, Pointing, Sun, Three

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mars express spacecraft mission orbiter esa data science marsis first lander orbit solar atmosphere instruments used surface december mass two

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Mars ExpressApoareion altitude10,107 km (6,280 mi)1.00infobox
Mars ExpressASPERAEnergetic Neutral Atoms Analyser1.00infobox
Mars ExpressContractorStarsem1.00infobox
Mars ExpressCOSPAR ID2003-022A1.00infobox
Mars ExpressDry mass666 kg (1,468 lb)1.00infobox
Mars ExpressEccentricity0.5711.00infobox
Mars ExpressHRSCHigh Resolution Stereo Camera1.00infobox
Mars ExpressInclination86.3 degrees1.00infobox
Mars ExpressInstrumentsInstrumentsHRSCHigh Resolution Stereo CameraOMEGAVisible and Infrared Mineralogical, Mapping SpectrometerMARSISSub-surface Sounding Radar AltimeterPFSPlanetary Fourier Spectrome…1.00infobox
Mars ExpressLanding dateDecember 25, 2003, 02:54 UTC1.00infobox
Mars ExpressLaunch dateJune 2, 2003, 17:45 (2003-06-02UTC17:45Z) UTC1.00infobox
Mars ExpressLaunch mass1,123 kg1.00infobox
Mars ExpressLaunch siteBaikonur 31/61.00infobox
Mars ExpressMaRSMars Radio Science Experiment1.00infobox
Mars ExpressMARSISSub-surface Sounding Radar Altimeter1.00infobox
Mars ExpressMission duration23 years, 2 months and 21 days since launch1.00infobox
Mars ExpressMission duration22 years, 7 months and 29 days at Mars1.00infobox
Mars ExpressMission typeMars orbiter1.00infobox
Mars ExpressOMEGAVisible and Infrared Mineralogical, Mapping Spectrometer1.00infobox
Mars ExpressOperatorESA1.00infobox
Mars ExpressOrbital insertionDecember 25, 2003, 03:00 UTC MSD 46206 08:27 AMT1.00infobox
Mars ExpressPeriareion altitude298 km (185 mi)1.00infobox
Mars ExpressPeriod7.5 hours1.00infobox
Mars ExpressPFSPlanetary Fourier Spectrometer1.00infobox
Mars ExpressPower460 watts1.00infobox
Mars ExpressReference systemAreocentric1.00infobox
Mars ExpressRocketSoyuz-FG/Fregat1.00infobox
Mars ExpressSATCAT no.278161.00infobox
Mars ExpressSpacecraft componentMars Express1.00infobox
Mars ExpressSpacecraft componentBeagle 21.00infobox

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