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SuccessMars Reconnaissance Orbiter · Lockheed Martin
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to study the geology and climate of Mars, provide reconnaissance of future landing sites, and relay data from surface missions back to Earth. It was launched on August 12, 2005 and reached Mars on March 10, 2006. In November 2006, after five months of aerobraking, it entered its final science orbit and began its primary science phase.
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