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The Mars Observer spacecraft, also known as the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter, was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992, to study the Martian surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field.
After a 17-year gap since its last mission to the Red Planet, the United States launched Mars Observer on Sept. 25, 1992. The spacecraft was based on a commercial Earth-orbiting communications satellite that had been converted into an orbiter for Mars.
Height: 3.20 m (10.40 ft). The mission was designed to operate for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) to permit observations of the planet through its four seasons.
24 wrz 2022 · Mars Observer was launched on September 25, 1992, and by all accounts worked very well during its cruise to Mars, with only a few minor problems. It even took a few pictures of Mars about a month before it would perform its Mars orbit insertion.
Mars Observer Gallery. Mars Observer launch aboard a Titan III. Artist's concept of Mars Observer at Mars. Technician assembling the Mars Observer space probe. Mars Observer in the clean room [About Mars Observer] [All Missions] ...
Mars Observer. Mars Observer was launched on 25 September 1992, from Cape Canaveral, on a Titan III rocket (right). Contact with the probe was lost in August 1993. The loss occurred several days before the Mars orbit insertion burn. Investigators believe a fuel line may have ruptured during fuel tank pressurization.
Mars Observer was a NASA mission to study the surface, atmosphere, interior and magnetic field of Mars from Martian orbit. The mission was designed to operate for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) to permit observations of the planet through its four seasons.
