Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Mars orbiter NASA spacecraft interplanetary spacecraft

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2005 that studies Mars’ atmosphere, climate, and surface in high detail while serving as a key communications relay for other Mars missions.

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Label Occurrences
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter canonical 30
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 2
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM spectrometer 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mars orbiter ⓘ
NASA spacecraft ⓘ
interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ
alternateName MRO ⓘ
apoapsisAltitude approximately 316 km above Mars ⓘ
discovered numerous gullies and layered deposits on Mars ⓘ
widespread hydrated minerals on Mars ⓘ
dryMass 1031 kg ⓘ
enteredMarsOrbitDate 2006-03-10 ⓘ
inclination about 93 degrees ⓘ
instrument CRISM instrument ⓘ
surface form: CRISM

CTX ⓘ
HiRISE instrument ⓘ
surface form: HiRISE

MARCI ⓘ
MCS ⓘ
SHARAD ⓘ
instrumentFullName Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars ⓘ
Context Camera ⓘ
HiRISE instrument ⓘ
surface form: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment

Mars Climate Sounder ⓘ
Mars Color Imager ⓘ
Shallow Radar ⓘ
launchCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
launchDate 2005-08-12 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral LC-41 ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41
launchVehicle Atlas V ⓘ
surface form: Atlas V 401
manufacturer Lockheed Martin Space ⓘ
surface form: Lockheed Martin Space Systems
massAtLaunch 2180 kg ⓘ
missionID MRO ⓘ
missionObjective provide high-bandwidth communications relay for Mars landers and rovers ⓘ
search for evidence of water-related processes on Mars ⓘ
study Mars atmosphere ⓘ
study Mars climate ⓘ
study Mars surface in high resolution ⓘ
missionType communications relay ⓘ
orbital reconnaissance ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ
notableCapability acquire images of Mars surface at resolutions down to about 25–30 cm per pixel ⓘ
return high data rates from Mars to Earth ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
orbitalPeriod about 112 minutes ⓘ
orbitType near-polar orbit ⓘ
sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
periapsisAltitude approximately 250 km above Mars ⓘ
powerSource solar panels ⓘ
primaryMissionDuration 2 Earth years ⓘ
program Mars Exploration Program ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supportsMission InSight Mars lander ⓘ
surface form: InSight lander

Curiosity rover ⓘ
surface form: Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover

Perseverance rover ⓘ
Phoenix lander ⓘ
other Mars surface missions as communications relay ⓘ
targetBody Mars ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mars → exploredBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Deep Space Network → notableMissionSupported → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Rubin Ridge on Mars → mappedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: Rubin Ridge
this entity surface form: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camera
Rubin Ridge on Mars → mappedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: Rubin Ridge
this entity surface form: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM spectrometer
NASA spacecraft → includes → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
RAD750 → usedInMission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Exploration Program → notableMission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Jezero Crater → hasRemoteSensingDataFrom → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Olympus Mons → observedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Valles Marineris → studiedByMission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Tharsis volcanic plateau → studiedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Opportunity rover → primaryRelayOrbiters → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: Opportunity
Phobos → hasExplorationBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Deimos → explorationTargetOf → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Hale crater on Mars → studiedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: Hale crater
DSN → notableMissionSupported → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: Deep Space Network
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex → usedForMission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Mars Odyssey mission → relatedMission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Lockheed Martin Space → notableProject → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Vera Rubin Ridge → orbitalDetectionBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Terra Cimmeria → observedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
MAVEN spacecraft → relatedMission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: MAVEN
Aeolis Palus → observedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Spirit → relayVia → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Gusev crater → studiedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Meridiani Planum → observedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Pliva Vallis → observedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Ares Vallis → observedByOrbiter → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Chryse Planitia → exploredByMission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Schiaparelli EDM lander → imageCapturedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Aeolis Mons → observedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Mars Global Surveyor → followedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
Neretva Vallis → observedBy → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
CRISM instrument → operatedOn → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: CRISM
CRISM instrument → mission → Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ
subject surface form: CRISM
this entity surface form: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission