Mars Orbiter
Mars Express
Mars Express is currently about 237,974,787 kilometres from Earth, or 1.591 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 13.2 minutes out. It is 1.571 astronomical units from the Sun.
Europe’s first planetary mission, still imaging Mars in 3D and sounding for subsurface water after more than two decades in orbit.
Its radar found signs of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 237,974,787 km (1.591 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 235,008,928 km (1.571 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 13.2 minutes
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- ESA
- Launched
- 2003
- Operating
- Mars