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Messenger
Delta II · Planetary Science
2004Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Delta II
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2