Mars Orbiter
MAVEN
MAVEN is currently about 280,394,814 kilometres from Earth, or 1.874 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 15.6 minutes out. It is 1.514 astronomical units from the Sun.
Studied how the solar wind stripped away the Martian atmosphere, turning a once-wet world into a desert. Doubled as a communications relay.
Showed Mars loses atmosphere fastest during solar storms.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 280,394,814 km (1.874 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 226,476,107 km (1.514 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 15.6 minutes
The mission
- Status
- Historical
- Operator
- NASA
- Launched
- 2013
- Operating
- Mars