Launch Date: November 7, 1996
Arrival: September 1997
Target: Mars
Mars Global Surveyor is the first in a series of spacecraft destined for Mars. It's in a near-polar orbit on a mission to globally map the planet, examining the planet's ionosphere, atmosphere, surface, and interior using six science instruments.
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