| Description: The mission_phase_name attribute provides the mission-defined name of a mission phase. |
| Namespace Id: mvn | Steward: ppi | Class Name: MAVEN | Type: ASCII_Short_String_Collapsed |
| Minimum Value: None | Maximum Value: None | Minimum Characters: 1 | Maximum Characters: 255 |
| Unit of Measure Type: None | Default Unit Id: None | Attribute Concept: None | Conceptual Domain: SHORT_STRING |
| Status: Active | Nillable: true | Pattern: None |
| Permissible Value(s) | Value | Value Meaning |
| | Cruise | The period of observations during the MAVEN's flight from Earth to Mars. |
| | EM-1 | Extended Mission 1: The period of observations during the first extension of the MAVEN mission covering 2015-11-17T00:00:00 to 2016-10-01T00:00:00. |
| | EM-2 | Extended Mission 2: The period of observations during the second extension of the MAVEN mission covering 2016-10-01T00:00:00 to 2018-10-01T00:00:00. |
| | EM-3 | Extended Mission 3: The period of observations during the third extension of the MAVEN mission covering 2018-10-01T00:00:00 to 2019-10-01T00:00:00. |
| | EM-4 | Extended Mission 4: The period of observations during the fourth extension of the MAVEN mission covering 2019-10-01T00:00:00 to 2021-10-01T00:00:00. |
| | EM-5 | Extended Mission 5: The period of observations during the fifth extension of the MAVEN mission covering 2021-10-01T00:00:00 and extending indefinitely. |
| | Mars Orbital Insertion | The period of observations during the MAVEN's entry into Mar's orbit. |
| | Prime Mission | The period of observations during the primary objective of the mission. |
| | Transition | The period of time when the spacecraft was changing from cruise to orbital operations. Also referred to as 'Comissioning'. |