flown missionSuccess
Delta II | Mars Global Surveyor
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 17A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Mars Global Surveyor
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Target orbit
- Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) is designed to orbit Mars over a two year period and collect data on the surface morphology, topography, composition, gravity, atmospheric dynamics, and magnetic field. This data will be used to investigate the surface processes, geology, distribution of material, internal properties, evolution of the magnetic field, and the weather and climate of Mars.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Delta II 7925
- Family
- Delta
- Variant
- 7925
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4472, -80.5650