Launch vehicle
Atlas V 541
Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 4 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
- Height
- 60 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 9
- First flight
- 2011-11-26
United Launch AllianceLaunch Successful
Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter)
Atlas V 541
Historical mission record
This page records Atlas V 541 | Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Atop this ULA Atlas V rocket will be Perseverance, a car-sized rover which will explore an ancient river delta on Mars. Armed with a suite of six scientific instruments, Perseverance will primarily hunt for clues to the planet's distant past, and hopefully uncover signs of ancient life and habitability. The rover also carries an experiment that'll convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, a box-sized helicopter named Ingenuity that'll demonstrate powered flight on Mars, and a system that enables the rover to leave behind samples for later retrieval and return to Earth during NASA and ESA's ambitious sample return mission later this decade.
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 541
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Destination orbit
- Heliocentric N/A
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Provider
- United Launch Alliance
- Programs
- NASA Large Strategic Science Missions
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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DestinationHeliocentric N/A
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