Robotic Exploration
Atop this ULA Atlas V rocket will be Perseverance, a car-sized rover which will explore an ancient river delta on Mars. Armed with a suite of six scientific instruments, Perseverance will primarily hunt for clues to the planet's distant past, and hopefully uncover signs of ancient life and habitability. The rover also carries an experiment that'll convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, a box-sized helicopter named Ingenuity that'll demonstrate powered flight on Mars, and a system that enables the rover to leave behind samples for later retrieval and return to Earth during NASA and ESA's ambitious sample return mission later this decade.
NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.
Aug 22, 1975 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#5,980
ULA Mission
#141
Pad Launch
#98
Location Launch
#803
Designator
2020-052
Weather GO
90%
Jul 30, 2020, 11:50 AM
1 update
Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 4 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
Length
60 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
479 t
LEO Capacity
17,410 kg
GTO Capacity
8,290 kg
GEO Capacity
3,530 kg
Launch Cost
$145M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2011
Fastest Turnaround
4mo 2d
Total Launches
9
Successful
9
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
9
Maiden flight: Nov 26, 2011
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
Founded
2006
Administrator
Interim CEO: John Elbon
Total Launches
173
Successful
173
Failed
0
Pending
38
Consecutive Success
173
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Jul 30, 2020, 7:50 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778