Mars Cube One MarCO Interplanetary CubeSat Spacecraft
Mars Cube One (MarCO) was NASA twin CubeSat technology-demonstration spacecraft launched with InSight on 5 May 2018. The pair flew past Mars on 26 November 2018, relayed landing data, and demonstrated the first interplanetary CubeSat mission.
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Identity
- Aliases
- MarCOMars Cube OneMarCO-AMarCO-B
- Family Name
- Mars Cube One
- Full Name
- Mars Cube One MarCO Interplanetary CubeSat Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probecommunicationstechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Mars Cube One (MarCO) was NASA twin CubeSat technology-demonstration spacecraft launched with InSight on 5 May 2018. The pair flew past Mars on 26 November 2018, relayed landing data, and demonstrated the first interplanetary CubeSat mission.
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Last Flight Year
- 2,019
- Operator
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 10:39:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:11:52 UTC