Orbiter to explore the planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and
interactions with the sun and solar wind.
Set for launch in November 2013, using the opportunity of the
2013/2014 Mars Apparition.
MAVEN homepage
at LASP (Laboratory for Atmosphericand Space Physics), University of
Colorado at Boulder
![[Mars] |](../Jco/mars.ico.jpg)
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![[SEDS]](../Jco/seds.jpg)