MESSENGER mission to Mercury

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/MESSENGER_mission_to_Mercury
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:arrivalAtMercury 2011-03-18
gptkbp:cost $446 million (approximate)
gptkbp:crashedOnMercury 2015-04-30
gptkbp:dataReturned over 10 terabytes of data
over 277,000 images
gptkbp:duration 2004-2015
gptkbp:endDate 2015-04-30
gptkbp:firstSpacecraftToOrbitMercury true
gptkbp:flyby gptkb:Mercury_(3)
gptkb:Venus_(2)
Earth (1)
gptkbp:goal study Mercury's chemical composition
study Mercury's core
study Mercury's exosphere
study Mercury's geology
study Mercury's magnetic field
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label MESSENGER mission to Mercury
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:Energetic_Particle_and_Plasma_Spectrometer_(EPPS)
gptkb:Gamma-Ray_and_Neutron_Spectrometer_(GRNS)
gptkb:Mercury_Atmospheric_and_Surface_Composition_Spectrometer_(MASCS)
gptkb:Mercury_Dual_Imaging_System_(MDIS)
gptkb:Mercury_Laser_Altimeter_(MLA)
gptkb:Radio_Science_(RS)
gptkb:X-Ray_Spectrometer_(XRS)
gptkb:Magnetometer_(MAG)
gptkbp:launchDate 2004-08-03
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7925H
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University_Applied_Physics_Laboratory
gptkbp:missionType planetary science
orbiter
gptkbp:notableFinds evidence of water ice at Mercury's poles
volatile elements on Mercury's surface
hollows on Mercury's surface
complex magnetic field structure
detailed global map of Mercury
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Sean_C._Solomon
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:MErcury_Surface,_Space_ENvironment,_GEochemistry,_and_Ranging
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitInsertionBurn 2011-03-18
gptkbp:powerSource solar panels
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Mariner_10
gptkbp:program gptkb:NASA_Discovery_Program
gptkbp:spacecraftMass 1,107.9 kg (launch)
485.2 kg (dry)
gptkbp:status completed
gptkbp:target gptkb:Mercury
gptkbp:website https://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sean_C._Solomon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6