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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.
Mars: Success: Hope satellite is the United Arab Emirates Space Agency's uncrewed space research project on Mars. It was launched with Japanese H-IIA rocket on 19 July and reached Mars on 9 February 2021. China: Tianwen-1: Mars: Success
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;
In his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space Dr. Gerard O'Neill proposed the establishment of gigantic Space Islands in L 5. The inhabitants of the L5 Society should convert lunar material to huge solar power satellites. Many works of fiction, most notably the Gundam series, involve colonies at these locations.
When Was the Last Time Mars Reached Opposition? The last time Mars reached opposition toward the end of the year two years ago on December 8, 2022 . When Will Mars Reach Opposition Next?
This is a list of space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed), organized by their planned destination. It includes planetary probes, solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets, but excludes lunar missions, which are listed separately at List of lunar probes and List of Apollo missions.
That's actually the planet Mars. Here's HLN: 'The planet is expected to line up with Earth and. If you catch yourself looking up at the night sky this evening, you might notice what looks like a ...
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]