Mission record
Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Mars
Mission type
Planetary Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:43:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4726 ever
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.