The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) entered Mars orbit on March 10, 2006. After five months of aerobraking, a series of propulsive maneuvers were used to establish the desired low-altitude science orbit. The spacecraft has been on station in its 255 x 320 km, sun-synchronous (~3 am-pm), primary science orbit since September 2006 performing both scientific and Mars programmatic support functions. This paper will provide a summary of the major achievements of the mission to date and the major flight activities planned for the remainder of its third Extended Mission (EM3). Some of the major flight challenges the flight team has faced are also discussed.


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    Title :

    The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission: 10 Years of Exploration from Mars Orbit


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    Conference:

    IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2016 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2016-03-05


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    Miscellaneous


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    No indication


    Language :

    English






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