Mission Timeline

The Odyssey spacecraft followed these phases, and it is currently in the Extended Mission, continuing to map and relay.

Launch:		April 07, 2001
Interplanetary Cruise:		about 200 days from Earth to Mars
Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI):		October 24, 2001, 0230 Universal Time (October 23, 7:30pm PDT/ 10:30pm EDT)
Aerobraking:		Completed January 2002
Mapping:		917 Earth Days -- February 2002 - August 2004
Communications Relay:		Odyssey is serving as a communications relay station for the twin NASA Mars Exploration Rovers.
Extended Mission:		Began August 24, 2004

Key Dates

Launch: April 7, 2001

Arrival: October 24, 2001

End of Mission: Ongoing

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