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Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched on Fri, Aug 12, 2005, 11:43 AM UTC — a Lockheed Martin mission.
NET Fri, Aug 12, 2005, 11:43 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Atlas V 401 to Mars Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Atlas V 401 ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to study the geology and climate of Mars, provide reconnaissance of future landing sites, and relay data from surface missions back to Earth. It was launched on August 12, 2005 and reached Mars on March 10, 2006. In November 2006, after five months of aerobraking, it entered its final science orbit and began its primary science phase.
Around this launch
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Good to know
Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is scheduled to lift off Fri, Aug 12, 2005, 11:43 AM UTC.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an Lockheed Martin mission flying on a Atlas V 401.
It lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.