NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter launched atop a Delta II from Cape Canaveral on its seven-month journey to Mars, where it would map water/ice deposits, study surface composition, and characterize the radiation environment for future crewed missions.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 725 kg
- Flight
- 9th
- of 26 Delta II 7925-9.5 flights
- Date and time
- 7 April 2001, 15:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 7925-9.5
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Planetary Science
- International designator
- 2001-013
- Launches in 2001
- 14th of 59
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