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Mars Express is a spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency that orbits Mars and studies the planet from space. It matters because it helps scientists understand Mars' geology, atmosphere, and potential for past life by gathering detailed images and data about the Red Planet.
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Key facts
- Mission type
- Mars orbiter
- Operator
- ESA
- Cospar id
- 2003-022A
- Website
- exploration .esa .int /mars
- Mission duration
- Elapsed: 23 years and 1 day since launch 22 years, 5 months and 9 days at Mars
- Launch mass
- 1,123 kg
- Dry mass
- 666 kg (1,468 lb)
- Power
- 460 watts
- Launch date
- June 2, 2003, 17:45 ( 2003-06-02UTC17:45Z ) UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz-FG / Fregat
- Launch site
- Baikonur 31/6
- Contractor
- Starsem
- Reference system
- Areocentric
- Periareion altitude
- 298 km (185 mi)
- Apoareion altitude
- 10,107 km (6,280 mi)
- Inclination
- 86.3 degrees
- Period
- 7.5 hours
- Spacecraft component
- Mars Express
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- orbiter
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Parent body
- Mars
- Mass
- 71
- Orbital period
- 7.5
- Manufacturer
- Alenia Aeronautica
- Official website
- cosmos.esa.int/web/mars-express
- Image
- Mars Express illustration highlighting MARSIS antenna.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mars Express
- space launch vehicle
- Soyuz-FG
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2003-06-02
- topic's main category
- Category:Mars Express
- start point
- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.571
- periapsis
- 298
- apoapsis
- 10107
- orbital inclination
- 86.3
- launch contractor
- Starsem
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Article · 中文
火星快車號（Mars Express）亦稱火星特快車，是歐洲太空總署的火星探測衛星，也是該署首次火星探測計畫。火星快車號包括兩個部份：火星快車號衛星與小獵犬2號登陸器，小獵犬2號登陸後因太陽能板未全部展開無法露出通訊天線，故歐洲太空總署無法和小獵犬2號建立通訊，登陆任務失敗，但快车号继续环绕火星轨道至今。因為火星快車號绕轨至今的資料極具科學價值，且任務內容極具有調整彈性，现在仍在为后续開始进行的火星探测任務提供帮助，例如天问一号。
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