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No, it's because the transfer orbit with the largest payload for the thrust is only available in a specific configuration of Mars and Earth, which only happen every 26 months or so.

Note the spacing for launches for Mars missions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_Mars



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