Deployments
The deployment and testing of NASA's InSight Mars solar panels held on January 23, 2018 at the Lockheed Martin Space facility in Littleton, Colorado. The engineers and technicians evaluated them and performed a lighting test to confirm that the solar cells were collecting energy.
Released: May 5, 2018 - June 8, 2018 Vehicle launch: Atlas V-401
Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Landing: November 26, 2018
Landing site: Elysium Planitia, Mars
Duration of the mission: A little over 1 year from Mars (~ 2 Earth years); 708 Sols (Mars days), or 728 Earth days
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