# Falcon Heavy | ExoMars 2028 Rosalind Franklin rover: launch

> Falcon Heavy by SpaceX from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Scheduled: NET Oct 2028.

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## Facts

- Launch: Falcon Heavy | ExoMars 2028 Rosalind Franklin rover
- Mission: ExoMars 2028 Rosalind Franklin Rover
- Provider: SpaceX
- Rocket: Falcon Heavy
- Pad: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Country of the launch site: USA
- Date (UTC): NET Oct 2028 (2028-10-31T00:00:00.000Z)
- Status: tbd (Launch Library 2: TBD)
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: 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.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

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