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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Daryien Golden, Eric Nguyen
Technicals
Rocket- Atlas V Weight- 4,806
pounds. including fuel
Instruments- 1- High resolution
cameras to capture images and weather
2- Spectrometer 3-Radiometer 4- Radar
Results
Mission- Exploring the surface, the subsurface, and atmosphere of Mars.
On March 3, 2010, transmits 100 terabits of data back to Earth, which was more than all other interplanetary probes sent from Earth combined
On August 6, 2012 passed over Gale crater, the landing site of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, It captured an image via the HiRISE camera of the Curiosity rover descending with its backshell and supersonic parachute.