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MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.
MESSENGER was a NASA spacecraft that orbited Mercury from 2011 to 2015, collecting detailed scientific data about the planet's composition, surface features, and magnetic properties. The mission helped scientists better understand one of the least-explored planets in our solar system by gathering information that would have been impossible to obtain from Earth.
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Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- MESSENGER
- Spaceflight.image
- MESSENGER - spacecraft at mercury - atmercury lg.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Artist's rendering of MESSENGER orbiting Mercury
- Spaceflight.insignia
- MESSENGER mission emblem.png
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Mercury orbiter
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2004-030A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 28391
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- Spaceflight.power
- 450 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Delta II 7925H-9.5
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Cape Canaveral, SLC-17B
- Spaceflight.entered_service
- April 4, 2011
- Spaceflight.disposal_type
- Crashed into Mercury
- Spaceflight.destroyed
- April 30, 2015, 19:26 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- January 1, 2000
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Hermiocentric
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 1100
- Orbital period
- 12
- Official website
- messenger.jhuapl.edu
- Image
- MESSENGER - spacecraft at mercury - atmercury lg.jpg
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- Commons category
- MESSENGER
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2004-08-03
- space launch vehicle
- Delta II
- time of object orbit decay
- 2015-04-30
- power consumed
- 450
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2015-04-30
- nominal power output
- 450
- cause of destruction
- hard landing
- periapsis
- 200
- apoapsis
- 10300
- orbital inclination
- 80
- service entry
- 2011-04-04
- location of landing
- Mercury
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