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
MSL (Curiosity)
Atlas V 541
Historical mission record
This page records Atlas V 541 | MSL (Curiosity) 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
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, featuring the renowned Curiosity rover, was designed to assess the planet's past and present habitability. Equipped with an array of advanced scientific instruments, including a drill and a sample analysis unit, Curiosity explored the Gale Crater, a site believed to contain evidence of ancient Martian environments. It delivered groundbreaking discoveries, including the detection of organic molecules and the confirmation of an ancient, potentially habitable lake bed.
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 541
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Destination orbit
- Mars Orbit
- 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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Launch site
DestinationMars Orbit
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