Mars Cube One | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-11-19

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Mars Cube One (or MarCO) is a Mars flyby mission consisting of two nanospacecraft, of the 6U CubeSat format, that was launched on 5 May 2018 alongside NASA's InSight Mars lander mission. Mars Cube One is intended to be a test of new miniaturized communications and navigation technologies. Should the two CubeSats make it all the way to Mars, they will be able to provide a real-time communications link to Earth for InSight during its entry, descent, and landing when InSight will be out of sight from the Earth. Mars Cube One is the first spacecraft built to the CubeSat form to operate beyond Earth orbit; besides telecommunications, they will also test CubeSats' endurance in deep space.
The InSight lander will retransmit its telemetry data soon after landing. Therefore, the MarCO is not critical for the Insight mission, but it will demonstrate the new relay system and technology for future use in missions to other Solar System bodies.