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Falcon Heavy is set to launch Falcon Heavy | ExoMars 2028 Rosalind Franklin rover on Tue, Oct 31, 2028, 12:00 AM UTC from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
NET Tue, Oct 31, 2028, 12:00 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Falcon Heavy to Heliocentric N/A. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Falcon Heavy ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
ExoMars 2028 is a second mission of two-part European Space Agency astrobiology project to search for evidence of life on Mars. The primary objective is to land the rover at a site with high potential for finding well-preserved organic material, particularly from the very early history of the planet. The rover is expected to travel several kilometers during its mission. The European rover will be the first mission to combine the capability to move across the surface and to study Mars at depth. It will collect samples with a drill down to a depth of 2 m and analyze them with next-generation instruments in an onboard laboratory. Underground samples are more likely to include biomarkers, since the tenuous martian atmosphere offers little protection from radiation and photochemistry at the surface.
Around this launch
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Good to know
Falcon Heavy | ExoMars 2028 Rosalind Franklin rover is scheduled to lift off Tue, Oct 31, 2028, 12:00 AM UTC — this page shows a live countdown.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
Falcon Heavy | ExoMars 2028 Rosalind Franklin rover is a SpaceX mission flying on a Falcon Heavy.
It lifts off from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.