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.