ESA's Mars Express

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:apogee 10,107 km
gptkbp:Beagle_2Status lost on arrival
gptkbp:carriedLander gptkb:Beagle_2
gptkbp:communication X-band
UHF relay
gptkbp:cost €150 million (approximate)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:duration extended multiple times
planned 687 days (1 Martian year)
gptkbp:enteredMarsOrbit 2003-12-25
gptkbp:firstESAmissionToMars true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ESA's Mars Express
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:ELISA
gptkb:ASPERA-3
gptkb:MARSIS_radar
gptkb:MaRS_radio_science_experiment
gptkb:OMEGA_spectrometer
gptkb:PFS_spectrometer
gptkb:SPICAM_spectrometer
High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC)
MELACOM
gptkbp:launchDate 2003-06-02
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Baikonur_Cosmodrome
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Soyuz-FG/Fregat
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Astrium
gptkbp:mass 1123 kg
gptkbp:missionType planetary science
orbiter
gptkbp:notableFinds evidence of ancient lakes
detection of hydrated minerals
detection of subsurface lake beneath south polar ice cap
detailed mapping of Martian surface
detection of carbon dioxide clouds
detection of methane in Martian atmosphere
discovery of auroras on Mars
evidence of subsurface water ice
gptkbp:operator gptkb:European_Space_Agency
gptkbp:orbitType 7.5 hours
highly elliptical
gptkbp:perihelion 298 km
gptkbp:powers 650 W
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
gptkb:Mars_Science_Laboratory
gptkb:ExoMars
gptkb:Mars_Odyssey
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:target gptkb:Mars
gptkbp:website https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:PRIDE_(VLBI_experiment)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7