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- Mission Name:
- Deep Space 2 (DS2)
- Objective:
- To design, develop, and flight validate advanced systems and instruments in deep space so as to lower the cost and risk for future missions using these technologies for the first time.
- Project Manager:
- Sarah Gavit
- Major Contractors/Contribution:
- Lockheed Martin, Pomona, California.(partner for integration and testing).
- Total Cost (specify FY$):
- - Development costs (new start to launch + 30):
- $26.5 M
- - Operations costs:
- $2M (including science team).
- - Launch vehicle costs:
- $1.2M launch interface costs to Mars Polar Lander.
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- New Start Date:
- January 1, 1996
- Launch Date:
- January 3, 1998
- Launch Vehicle:
- Delta II (7425)
- Launch Site:
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Mission Events (Encounter/Flyby (distance)/Landing (location)):
- Impact: December 3rd at South Pole of Mars.
- End of Mission Date:
- December 4, 1999
- Launch Mass (kg):
- 3.7 kg s/c adapter; 6.5 kg probe (includes interface structure and aeroshell)
- Antenna Diameter (meters):
- 12.7 cm (5" long)
- Communications Bandwidth:
- S-band
- Max Data Rate:
- 8kbps
- Max Power:
- 300mW
- Contact for more info.:
- Sarah Gavit
- Date information last updated:
- October 20, 1999
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This page last updated: October 29, 1999
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