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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Image: NASA/JPL/Corby Waste · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Launched
12 Aug 200511:43:00 UTC
Active for
21 years 3 months
Destinations
Mars

A NASA orbiter that has studied Mars since 2006 with the most powerful camera ever sent to another planet, and relays most of the data from the rovers on the surface.

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Spacecraft

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Orbiter
Active

Orbiter with a 3 m dish antenna and a telescopic camera that can pick out features the size of a kitchen table.

Launch mass
2,180 kg
Dry mass
984 kg
Size
length 6.5 m, span 13.6 m
Power
Solar
Designator
2005-029A

Mission details from science.nasa.gov.