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Atlas V 401
Launched 2005-08-12 11:43 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Mars Orbit
Worldwide
32nd
orbital launch attempt in 2005
Lockheed Martin
3rd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
153 d 14 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
58.3m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
9,050kg
Liftoff thrust
3,827kN
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