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    The Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter) was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on December 11, 1998, to study the Martian...
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    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...
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    Mars Surveyor '98 was a mission in NASA's Mars Exploration Program that launched the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander to the planet Mars...
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    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is currently taking daily weather and climate related observations from orbit. One of its instruments, the Mars climate sounder...
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    they are still presumed to be in orbit. In 1999 the Mars Climate Orbiter impacted the Martian atmosphere. 2001 Mars Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001...
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    orbiter and NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter, Mars Polar Lander, and Deep Space 2 penetrators all suffering various terminal errors. Mars Climate Orbiter is...
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    Viking 1 Viking 2 In 1999, Mars Climate Orbiter accidentally entered Mars' atmosphere and either burnt up or left Mars' orbit on an unknown trajectory.[citation...
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    orbital spacecraft, landers, and Mars rovers to explore the possibilities of life on Mars, as well as the planet's climate and natural resources. The program...
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  • both probes: Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter), and Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander) Mars Surveyor 2001...
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    System Exploration Committee. Then titled the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter, the Martian orbiter was planned to expand on the information already...
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    orbiter counterpart. The orbiter launched as 2001 Mars Odyssey in April 2001, in a mission independent of the Mars Surveyor project, and reached Mars...
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    are seven orbiters surveying the planet: Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, the Trace Gas Orbiter, the Hope Mars Mission,...
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  • research orbiter and the Schiaparelli demonstration lander to Mars in 2016 as part of the European-led ExoMars programme. The Trace Gas Orbiter delivered...
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    Mars has an orbit with a semimajor axis of 1.524 astronomical units (228 million km) (12.673 light minutes), and an eccentricity of 0.0934. The planet...
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    Mars Mars Express, European Mars orbiter Mars Orbiter Mission – Indian space probe, launched in 2013 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA Mars orbiter launched...
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    Malin Space Science Systems (category Missions to Mars)
    for Mars Global Surveyor. They also developed the cameras that were carried on Mars Polar Lander, Mars Climate Orbiter, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance...
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  • including: Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) Deep Space 1 probe Mars Polar Lander and Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Odyssey orbiter Spitzer Infrared...
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    caused loss of NASA orbiter". CNN. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020. "Mars Climate Orbiter Failure Board Releases...
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    collapse. An exceptional example of this is the Mars Climate Orbiter. "The primary cause of the orbiter's violent demise was that one piece of ground software...
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    intended to communicate data through the failed Mars Climate Orbiter via the UHF antenna. With the orbiter lost on September 23, 1999, the lander would still...
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  • Orchestra Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin Marine Corps Order Mars Climate Orbiter MC Oran, an Algerian association football club MC Oujda, a Moroccan...
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  • Phobos program Mars Observer Mars Pathfinder Sojourner Mars Global Surveyor Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Polar Lander Deep Space 2 2001 Mars Odyssey Nozomi...
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  • Daisy (February 25, 2022). "Mars' Atmosphere: Composition, Climate & Weather". Space.com. Air pressure noaa.gov "Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent...
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    Reconnaissance Orbiter, MAVEN, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, the Hope orbiter, and the Tianwen-1 orbiter. Another two are on the surface: the Mars Science Laboratory...
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  • those of the predecessor model. Mars Climate Orbiter software that had been adapted from an earlier Mars Climate Orbiter was not adequately tested before...
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    The Mars Orbiter Camera and Mars Observer Camera (MOC) were scientific instruments on board the Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The...
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    to protect indigenous rights. NASA loses one of its probes, the Mars Climate Orbiter. October 1 – Shanghai Pudong International Airport opens in China...
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  • success of Chandrayaan and the Mars Orbiter Mission, ISRO began studying the feasibility of interplanetary missions to Mars and Venus. A mission to Venus...
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    failure of impact prevention. The Mars Climate Orbiter which was sterilized only to Category III, crashed on Mars in 1999 due to a mix-up of imperial...
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    The Mars Color Imager (MARCI) is a wide-angle, relatively low-resolution camera built for Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. MARCI views...
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