Mars
MCO
MCO is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Mars Surveyor program.
Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
MCO is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Mars Surveyor program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1998-073; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 11 December 1998, 18:45:52 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 7425-9.5
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 23 September 1999
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
MCO
GCAT program: Mars Surveyor.
- GCAT ID
- S25571
- Manufacturer
- LMA/DENV
- Launch mass
- 629 kg
- Propulsion
- Leros 1B/X
- Dimensions
- 2.1 m long · 1.6 m diameter · 5.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from MCO.
Verification
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