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Mars Pathfinder
Delta II 7925United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 17B
Wednesday, December 4, 1996 · 06:58 AM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
he MPF (Mars Pathfinder) (formerly known as the Mars Environmental Survey, or MESUR Pathfinder) is the second of NASA's low-cost planetary Discovery missions. The mission consists of a stationary lander and a surface rover. The mission has the primary objective of demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost landings on and exploration of the Martian surface. This objective will be met by tests of communications between the rover and lander, and the lander and Earth, and tests of the imaging devices and sensors.
PayloadMars Pathfinder
OrbitHeliocentric N/A
CustomerDiscovery Program
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.446°N, 80.566°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
