Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and exploration of Mars from orbit.
Mission objectives include observing the climate of Mars, investigating geologic forces, providing reconnaissance of future landing sites, and relaying data from surface missions back to Earth. To support these objectives, the MRO carries different scientific instruments, including three cameras, two spectrometers, and a radar. As of January 23, 2023, the MRO has returned over 445 terabits of data, helped choose safe landing sites for NASA's Mars landers, and discovered ice and possible flowing salty water on the surface of Mars.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,180.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2005
32nd orbital launch attempt
Atlas V
6th mission
2nd mission of 2005
6th successful mission