Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: An Overview of Early Results and Plans for Further Observation

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Dec 2006

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #P33A-01

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5400 Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets, 6225 Mars

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Launched August 12, 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) entered Mars orbit on March 10, 2006 and finished its aerobraking phase on August 30, 2006. Accelerometer measurements taken during each of nearly 420 aeropasses provided data collection for the first of the eight scientific investigations selected by NASA for MRO. Prior to solar conjunction, MRO deployed the SHARAD radar antenna and opened the cover to the CRISM imaging spectrometer telescope, thereby completing all instrument deployment activities. All instruments were powered on and a series of observations were taken over a week-long check-out period. During solar conjunction itself (in October), the two atmospheric monitoring instruments, MARCI and MCS, continued to observe. MRO then began its nominal Primary Science Phase on November 8. At the time of the AGU meeting, MRO will have completed the first 2 of the 55 two-week planning cycles that will span slightly more than one Mars year of primary science observations. This presentation will give an overview of early results from MRO, with more detailed presentations to follow for selected investigations, and provide a preview of upcoming activities. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for the NASA Science Mission Directorate; the work reported here was done as part of the MRO Project under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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