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Mars Climate Orbiter
Mars Climate Orbiter
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American Mars orbiter. Mars Climate Orbiter. The Mars Climate Orbiter was to have accomplished mapping and weather studies of Mars and served as a relay for data from the Mars Polar Lander.

AKA: Mars Climate Orbiter. Status: Operational 1998. First Launch: 1998-12-11. Last Launch: 1998-12-11. Number: 1 . Thrust: 637 N (143 lbf). Gross mass: 629 kg (1,386 lb). Unfuelled mass: 338 kg (745 lb).

The Mars Climate Orbiter was the second flight of the Mars Surveyor Program. Primary propulsion was a 65 kgf Leros bipropellant engine. Mars Climate Orbiter was equipped with a MARCI color imager for mapping and weather studies; a PMIRR radiometer; and a UHF communications system which would also relay data from the Mars Polar Lander, scheduled for launch in January 1999. Mars Climate Orbiter was to enter a 160 km x 38600 km polar orbit around Mars on September 23,1999, and use aerobraking to reach a 373 km x 437 km x 92.9 degree sun-synchronous mapping orbit by November 23 1999. The science mission was to map the Martian surface at high resolution, and study the distribution of water vapor and ozone. It would study the transport of dust and water with latitude, the motions of weather systems and dust storms, and study the response to daily solar heating.



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Family: Mars orbiter. Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Thor, Delta, Mars tactical rocket, Delta 7425-9.5. Projects: Mars, Mars Surveyor. Launch Sites: Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral LC17A. Agency: NASA, Martin. Bibliography: 2, 3908, 3909.



1998 December 11 - . 18:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17A. Launch Pad: SLC17A. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7425-9.5.



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