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This page records Atlas V 401 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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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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An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.
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Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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