The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA, aboard an Atlas V-401 launch vehicle on August 12, 2005. The MRO spacecraft carries a very sophisticated scientific payload. Its primary science mission is to to provide global, regional survey, and targeted observations from a low altitude orbit for one Martian year (687 Earth days). After a seven month interplanetary transit, the spacecraft fired its six main engines and established a highly elliptical capture orbit at Mars. During the post-MOI early check-out period, four instruments acquired engineering-quality data. This was followed by five months of aerobraking operations. After aerobraking was terminated, a series of propulsive maneuvers were used to establish the desired low altitude science orbit. As the spacecraft is readied for its primary science mission, spacecraft and instrument checkout and deployment activities have continued.


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    Title :

    The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission: From Launch to the Primary Science Orbit


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2007 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2007-03-03



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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