Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. It was launched from Cape Canaveral on August 12, 2005, at 11:43 UTC and reached Mars on March 10, 2006, at 21:24 UTC. In November 2006, after six months of aerobraking, it entered its final science orbit and began its primary science phase.
| Mission type | Mars orbiter
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| SATCAT no. | 28788
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| Mission duration | Primary mission: 2 years
Elapsed: 14 years, 4 months and 12 days from launch 13 years, 9 months and 14 days (4902 sols) at Mars |
SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES
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| Launch mass | 2,180 kg (4,810 lb)
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| Dry mass | 1,031 kg (2,273 lb)
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| Payload mass | 139 kg (306 lb)
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| Power | 2,000.0 watts
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EXPEDITION
CREW
START OF MISSION
| Launch date | August 12, 2005, 11:43:00 UTC
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| Rocket | Atlas V 401
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ORBITAL PARAMETERS
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| Inclination | 93 degrees
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PAYLOAD
MAIN TELESCOPE
TRANSPONDERS
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