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MGS
Launch Details
| Launched | 6 November 1996 |
| Flight ended | – |
| Status | Unknown |
| Launch site | Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA |
| Owner | United States |
| NORAD ID | 24648 |
| COSPAR ID | 1996-062A |
| Alternative names |
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 1996 Nov 7 | – | Launch from Cape Canaveral LC-17A |
| 1997 Sep 12 | – | Insertion into orbit around Mars |
| 1997 Oct 11 | – | Periapsis lifted out of Martian atmosphere to prevent further aerobraking |
| 1997 Nov 7 | – | Aerobraking resumed |
| 1998 May | – | Aerobraking suspended |
| 1998 Nov | – | Aerobraking resumed |
| 1999 Mar | – | Aerobraking completed; high point of orbit reduced to 450 km |
| 2004 Mar 30 | – | MGS used to photography the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit |
| 2006 Nov 2 | – | Communication lost |