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Delta II | Messenger

Name: Delta II | Messenger
Start: 2004-08-03T06:15:57.000Z
End: 2004-08-03T06:15:57.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

August 3, 2004 at 6:15 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Delta II | Messenger launch image — Mission imagery · Delta II 7925H-9.5

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August 3, 2004 at 6:15 AM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4458, -80.5657

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Rocket: Delta II 7925H-9.5
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: August 3, 2004 at 6:15 AM UTC
Window closes: August 3, 2004 at 6:15 AM UTC
Feed updated: December 31, 2023 at 12:32 PM UTC

Mission description

MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging", and a reference to the messenger god Mercury from Roman mythology.

Vehicle

Delta II 7925H-9.5

Delta · 7925H-9.5

Height

38.9 m

Diameter

2.4 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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