Mars Global Surveyor

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Mars Global Surveyor

(MGS) (Mars probe launched by NASA in 1996)

The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was a mission launched in 1996 by NASA to map Mars. It went into Mars orbit in 1997 for a two-year primary mission and its operation was subsequently extended until terminated by a 2006 failure. Instruments:

MOC - Mars Orbiter Camera.
MOLA - Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter.
TES - Thermal Emission Spectrometer.
MAG/ER - Magnetometer and electron reflectometer.
USO/RS - Ultrastable Oscillator for Doppler measurements/Radio Science.
MR - Mars Relay: relay communication with other Mars probe.

(Mars,probe,spacecraft,NASA,past) Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Global_Surveyor
https://mars.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/past/globalsurveyor/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002HiA....12..631A/abstract
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