Mission type | Mars orbiter | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Website | escapade | ||||||||
Mission duration | Planned: 2.5 years[1] | ||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||
Spacecraft | Blue and Gold | ||||||||
Bus | Photon | ||||||||
Manufacturer | Rocket Lab | ||||||||
Launch mass | Total: 180 kg (400 lb) Individual: 90 kg (200 lb)[1] | ||||||||
Dimensions | 0.6 × 0.7 × 0.9 m (2.0 × 2.3 × 3.0 ft)[2] | ||||||||
Power | 260 watts[1] | ||||||||
Start of mission | |||||||||
Launch date | Planned: NET 13 October 2024[2][3] | ||||||||
Rocket | New Glenn | ||||||||
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-36 | ||||||||
Contractor | Blue Origin | ||||||||
Orbital parameters | |||||||||
Reference system | Areocentric | ||||||||
Periareion altitude | 160 km (99 mi)[1] | ||||||||
Apoareion altitude | 7,000–10,000 km (4,300–6,200 mi)[1] | ||||||||
Inclination | 60° | ||||||||
Mars orbiter | |||||||||
Orbital insertion | Planned: September 2025[2] | ||||||||
Transponders | |||||||||
Bandwidth | X band[2] | ||||||||
| |||||||||
Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) is a planned spacecraft mission to Mars consisting of two spacecraft known as Blue and Gold.[4][2] The mission, expected to launch in October 2024, is part of NASA's SIMPLEx program.[5] In May 2024, it was announced the spacecraft reached substantial completion.[6]
eoportal1
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).nssdc1
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).twitter1
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).berkeley1
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).sn-20230413
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).twitter2
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).