January 1998 Volume 7 Number 1

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Mars Global Surveyor Timeline

by Ken Edgett, Arizona State University


  • Proposed by NASA...................................... February 4, 1994

  • First Funding............................................. October 1, 1994

  • Launch.................................................... November 7, 1996

  • Arrival at Mars......................................... September 11, 1997

  • First Science Data...................................... September 13, 1997

  • Aerobrake Phase 1..................................... September -- October 1997

  • Aerobrake Hiatus...................................... October -- November 1997

  • Aerobrake Phase 2................ November 1997 -- May 1998

  • Aerobrake Hiatus................................ May 1998 -- November 1998

  • Aerobrake Phase 3............................. November 1998 -- March 1999

  • Mapping Phase................................ March 1999 -- January 2001

  • Communication Relay for Landers....................... 2001 -- 2004?

TES News is published quarterly by the Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program. This newsletter may be copied for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

EDITED BY Kenneth S. Edgett, Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
E-mail: ken.edgett@asu.edu