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2015-0230

MESSENGER

MESSENGER (NORAD 28391) impacted Mercury on 30 April 2015, 10 years, 8 months after launch.

Official date
NORAD number
28391
International designator
2004-030A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
3 Aug 2004Cape Canaveral
Flight ended (UTC)
30 Apr 2015Recorded time 19:26 UTC
Time in orbit
10 years, 8 months3,922 days
How it ended
Impacted Mercury
Final destination
Mercury
Mass
1,108 kg
Operator
APL
Built by
APL
Bus
Messenger
Programme
Discovery

Life in orbit

10 years, 8 months

Also ended on 30 Apr 2015

2 entries
2015-0231IRIDIUM 33 DEB2015-0232SL-4 DEB

From the same launch

2004-030
2005-0049DELTA 2 R/B(1)
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