op ▁the ▁upper ▁stage . ▁Mus k ▁had ▁estimated ▁the ▁car ' s ▁battery ▁would ▁last ▁over ▁ 1 2 ▁hours , ▁but ▁the ▁live ▁stream ▁ran ▁for ▁just ▁over ▁four ▁hours , ▁thus ▁ending ▁before ▁the ▁final ▁boost ▁out ▁of ▁Earth ▁orbit . ▁The ▁images ▁were ▁released ▁by ▁Space X ▁into ▁the ▁public ▁domain ▁on ▁their ▁F lick r ▁account . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁launch , ▁the ▁ro cket ▁stage ▁carrying ▁the ▁car ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁Sat ellite ▁Catalog ▁Number ▁ 4 3 2 0 5 , ▁named ▁" T ES LA ▁RO AD ST ER / F AL CON ▁ 9 H ", ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁C OS PAR ▁design ation ▁ 2 0 1 8 - 0 1 7 A . ▁The ▁J PL ▁Hor iz ons ▁system ▁publish es ▁solutions ▁for ▁the ▁traject ory ▁as ▁target ▁body ▁"- 1 4 3 2 0 5 ". ▁ ▁The ▁Road ster ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁hel i oc ent ric ▁orbit ▁that ▁cross es ▁the ▁orbit ▁of ▁Mars ▁and ▁reaches ▁a ▁distance ▁of ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁Sun . ▁With ▁an ▁incl ination ▁of ▁roughly ▁ 1 ▁degree ▁to ▁the ▁e cli ptic ▁plane , ▁compared ▁to ▁Mars ' ▁ 1 . 8 5 ° ▁incl ination , ▁this ▁traject ory ▁by ▁design ▁cannot ▁intercept ▁Mars , ▁so ▁the ▁car ▁will ▁neither ▁fly ▁by ▁Mars ▁nor ▁enter ▁an ▁orbit ▁around ▁Mars . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁object ▁launched ▁by ▁Space X ▁to ▁leave ▁Earth ▁orbit , ▁after ▁the ▁D S CO V R