Mars Climate Orbiter photograph

Mars Climate Orbiter

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Launch dateDecember 11, 1998
Orbit height57 km
Speed on orbit4. 7 km/s
Cost193. 1 million USD
Manufacturers Lockheed Martin
Launch site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
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Date of Upd.
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About Mars Climate Orbiter


The Mars Climate Orbiter was a 338-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on December 11, 1998 to study the Martian climate, Martian atmosphere, and surface changes and to act as the communications relay in the Mars Surveyor '98 program for Mars Polar Lander.

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