ESA's Mars Express mission was launched 02-June-2003
and arrived at Mars in December, 2003. A lander, Beagle 2, was deployed
on 19-Dec-2003, but communication was lost prior to any science data
capture. The main spacecraft went into a polar orbit on 25-Dec-2003, with
apogee and perigee altitudes of 11,634 km and 279 km (3.4 and 0.08 Martian
radii). The scientific objectives of the 3-axis-stabilized Mars Express
Orbiter are to obtain global high-resolution photo-geology (10 m resolution),
mineralogical mapping (100 m resolution) and mapping of the atmospheric
composition, study the subsurface structure, the global atmospheric
circulation, and the interaction between the atmosphere and the subsurface,
and the atmosphere and the interplanetary medium.
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ESA's Mars Express mission was launched 02-June-2003
and arrived at Mars in December, 2003. A lander, Beagle 2, was deployed
on 19-Dec-2003, but communication was lost prior to any science data
capture. The main spacecraft went into a polar orbit on 25-Dec-2003, with
apogee and perigee altitudes of 11,634 km and 279 km (3.4 and 0.08 Martian
radii). The scientific objectives of the 3-axis-stabilized Mars Express
Orbiter are to obtain global high-resolution photo-geology (10 m resolution),
mineralogical mapping (100 m resolution) and mapping of the atmospheric
composition, study the subsurface structure, the global atmospheric
circulation, and the interaction between the atmosphere and the subsurface,
and the atmosphere and the interplanetary medium.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GeneralContact | spase://SMWG/Person/Rudolf.J.Schmidt |