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Mars Global Surveyor

(MGS)
(Mars probe launched by NASA in 1996)

The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was a mission launched in 1996 by NASA to map Mars. It went into Mars orbit in 1997 for a two-year primary mission and its operation was subsequently extended until terminated by a 2006 failure. Instruments:


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Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Global_Surveyor
https://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/past/globalsurveyor/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002HiA....12..631A/abstract

Referenced by page:
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