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Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/MESSENGER
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
MESSENGER
AlternateName
Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging
ReleaseDate
2020-04-05 12:34:56.789Z
Description

The Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging, MESSENGER, mission, launched on 2004-08-03, was mainly designed to study the characteristics and environment of Mercury from orbit. After an Earth flyby July-August of 2005, Venus flybys October-November of 2006, and May-June of 2007, and Mercury flybys December 2007-January 2008, September-October of 2008, and September-October of 2009, MESSENGER entered Mercury orbit on March 4, 2011. Much data of interest to the heliospheric community was obtained during the cruise phases between planetary encounters from a magnetometer and an energetic particle and plasma spectrometer.

Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://SMWG/Person/Ralph.L.McNutt.Jr
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
NSSDC Master Catalog
URL
Description

Information about the MESSENGER spacecraft and the overall mission

Language
en
Location
ObservatoryRegion
Mercury
ObservatoryRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere
ObservatoryRegion
Heliosphere.Inner
ObservatoryRegion
Heliosphere.NearEarth
ObservatoryRegion
Heliosphere.Remote1AU
ObservatoryRegion
Venus
OperatingSpan
StartDate
2004-08-03 06:15:56Z
StopDate
2015-04-30 19:26:00Z
Note
The listed start date corresponds to the launch time of MESSENGER