Slide #10: Mars Observer Mission Profile.

Mars Observer was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, 
Florida, on September 25, 1992.  This sketch shows the various 
phases of the mission from launch to Mars orbit insertion.  When 
Mars Observer was lost on August 21, 1993, it was preparing 
to go into orbit around Mars. 

Figure courtesy NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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