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Artist's rendering of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiting Mars. The following table is a list of Mars orbiters, consisting of space probes which were launched from Earth and are currently orbiting Mars. As of August 2023, there have been 18 spacecraft missions operating in Mars' orbit, 7 of which are currently active.
The satellites of Mars include : . Non functional but (probably) orbiting: Viking 1 & 2 orbiter; Mariner 9; Mars Global Surveyor; Mars 2, 3, 5; Phobos 2; Tianwen 1 Deployable Camera 2, CNSA, 2021
The oldest active spacecraft for Mars is 2001 Mars Odyssey. 2001 Mars Odyssey. Mission: Mars Odyssey was designed to map the surface of Mars and also acts as a relay for the Curiosity rover. [9] Its name is a tribute to the novel and 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Launched: 7 April 2001; Destination: Mars; Arrival: 24 October 2001 ...
2001 Mars Odyssey: USA 24 October 2001 Active Longest-surviving, continuously active spacecraft in orbit around another planet Mars Express: ESA: 20 December 2003 Active Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: USA 10 March 2006 Active MAVEN: USA 22 September 2014 Active Mars Orbiter Mission: India 24 September 2014 Contact lost April 2022 [20]
mission to study Jupiter's three icy moons Callisto, Europa and Ganymede, eventually orbiting Ganymede as the first spacecraft to orbit a satellite of another planet. [60] Europa Clipper: NASA: 14 October 2024 (launch) 11 April 2030 (planned) orbiter en route planned to orbit Jupiter and fly by Europa multiple times EUROPA-CL [46]
Phobos' Stickney Crater Deimos (lower left) and Phobos (lower right) compared with the asteroid 951 Gaspra Phobos by Mars Global Surveyor in 1998 [49] There have also have been proposed missions dedicated to explore the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos. Many missions to Mars have also included dedicated observations of the moons, while this ...
Left to right: SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLV, LVM3 RLV Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV) Vikram series, the under development orbital class launch family of Skyroot Aerospace in comparison with already flown Vikram S, the sounding rocket ISRO/DoS systems. SLV-3 – Retired; Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) – Retired; Polar Satellite Launch ...
Derelict satellites orbiting Mars (7 P) Pages in category "Satellites orbiting Mars" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.