Mars 2020 (Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter)

Atlas V 541 launched NASA's Mars 2020 mission carrying the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter toward Jezero Crater, where Perseverance would search for signs of ancient microbial life and Ingenuity would attempt the first powered flight on another planet.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Helio-N/A

Heliocentric orbit

Payload to orbit

4 T

Flight

7th

of 9 Atlas V 541 flights

Date and time

30 July 2020, 11:50 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 541

Builder

ULA

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Payload

Robotic Exploration

International designator

2020-052

Launches in 2020

58th of 114

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