| 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] | ||||||||
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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]
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