Mars Climate Orbiter
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Launch date | December 11, 1998 |
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Orbit height | 57 km |
Speed on orbit | 4. 7 km/s |
Cost | 193. 1 million USD |
Manufacturers | Lockheed Martin |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 |
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ID | 1009378 |
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.