Mars Global Surveyor mission

Author

Dallas, S. Sam

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

1-8 Feb 1997

Firstpage

173

Abstract

The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Spacecraft was successfully launched on November 7, 1996 to the planet Mars for an extended study of the planet´s surface, atmosphere, gravitational field and magnetic field. In order to achieve the scientific objectives of the mission, the spacecraft will be inserted into a low-altitude, near-polar, sun-synchronous orbit. Data will be collected and returned from six prime experiments on the spacecraft for over one Martian year (687 Earth days) and will provide for a better understanding of the geology, geophysics, and climatology of Mars

Keywords

Mars; aerospace instrumentation; astronomical instruments; planetary atmospheres; planetary magnetism; space research; Global Surveyor mission; Mars; camera; climatology; electron reflectometer; geology; geophysics; gravitational field; laser altimeter; low-altitude near-polar sun-synchronous orbit; magnetic field; magnetometer; planet surface; planetary atmosphere; relay radio; thermal emission spectrometer; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetometers; Mars; Payloads; Planets; Space vehicles; Surface morphology; Surface topography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 1997. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Snowmass at Aspen, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3741-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.1997.577507

Filename

577507