Operator: NASA
Major contractors: Lockheed Martin, University of Colorado Boulder, Berkeley, GSFC
Mission type: Orbiter
Launch date: November 18, 2013 1:28 pm EST (18:28 UTC) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, U.S.
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 401
Mission duration: One Earth year[1]
Satellite of Mars
Orbital insertion date: September 22, 2014 (planned)
COSPAR ID: MAVEN
Mass: Dry: 903 kg (1,991 lb)
Wet: 2,550 kg (5,620 lb)[2]
Power: Solar photovoltaic (1215 W)

Orbital elements
Inclination: 75°
Apoapsis: 6,200 km (3,900 mi)
Periapsis: 150 km (93 mi)
Orbital period: 4.5 hours