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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

High-resolution imaging and relay supporting Mars exploration.

Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 2005
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Mars
Category
Planetary orbiter
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of United States's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: High-resolution imaging and relay supporting Mars exploration.

Results

High-resolution imaging and relay supporting Mars exploration.

Related missions

Mars Reconnai… Spirit & Opportunity — same_target Spirit & Oppo… Mars Express / Beagle 2 — same_target Mars Express … Phoenix — same_target Phoenix Mars Odyssey — same_target Mars Odyssey

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog