Mars
Mars Observer
Mars orbiter, failed.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
Mars orbiter, failed. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1992-063; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 25 September 1992, 17:05:01 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Commercial Titan 3
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Martin Marietta Commercial Titan 3 rocket launched the Mars Observer mission on Friday, September 25, 1992 at 5:05 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Martin Marietta
- Vehicle
- Commercial Titan 3
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1992-063
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Sep 25, 1992, 17:05 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Sep 25 1992
- Pad and location
- SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 21 August 1993
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mars Observer
Mars orbiter, failed.
- GCAT ID
- S22136
- Manufacturer
- GE Astro Space, East Windsor
- Launch mass
- 2,565 kg
- Propulsion
- R-4D-12 x4
- Dimensions
- 3.5 m long · 2.2 m diameter · 15 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mars Observer.
Verification
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