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  <Observatory>
    <ResourceID>spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/MarsExpress</ResourceID>
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      <ResourceName>Mars Express</ResourceName>
      <ReleaseDate>2012-06-13T00:00:00Z</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>ESA's Mars Express mission was launched 02-June-2003 
and arrived at Mars in December, 2003.  A lander, Beagle 2, was deployed
on 19-Dec-2003, but communication was lost prior to any science data
capture.  The main spacecraft went into a polar orbit on 25-Dec-2003, with
apogee and perigee altitudes of 11,634 km and 279 km (3.4 and 0.08 Martian
radii).  The scientific objectives of the 3-axis-stabilized Mars Express 
Orbiter are to obtain global high-resolution photo-geology (10 m resolution), 
mineralogical mapping (100 m resolution) and mapping of the atmospheric 
composition, study the subsurface structure, the global atmospheric 
circulation, and the interaction between the atmosphere and the subsurface, 
and the atmosphere and the interplanetary medium.</Description>
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        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Rudolf.J.Schmidt</PersonID>
        <Role>GeneralContact</Role>
      </Contact>
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        <Name>ESA Mars Express web page</Name>
        <URL>http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html</URL>
      </InformationURL>
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    <Location>
      <ObservatoryRegion>Mars</ObservatoryRegion>
    </Location>
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