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Key facts
- Names
- Mars Geoscience Climatology Orbiter
- Mission type
- Mars orbiter
- Operator
- NASA / JPL
- Cospar id
- 1992-063A
- Website
- science.nasa.gov
- Mission duration
- 330 days, Mission failure
- Bus
- Mars Observer bus (AS-4000-TIROS/DMSP hybrid)
- Manufacturer
- General Electric , Astro Space
- Launch mass
- 1,018 kg (2,244 lb)
- Power
- 1,147 watts
- Launch date
- September 25, 1992, 17:05:01 ( 1992-09-25UTC17:05:01Z ) UTC
- Rocket
- Commercial Titan III / TOS
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral LC-40
- Contractor
- Martin Marietta
- Last contact
- August 21, 1993, 01:00 ( 1993-08-21UTC02Z ) UTC
- Reference system
- Areocentric
- Semi major axis
- 3,766.159 km (2,340.183 mi)
- Inclination
- 92.869°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- space probe
- Operator
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Image
- Mars Observer.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Commercial Titan III
- Commons category
- Mars Observer
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1992-09-25
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40
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