Mars Climate Orbiter

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The Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) was a NASA mission designed to study the Martian climate, atmosphere and surface changes in orbit. It was part of the Mars Surveyor '98 mission alongside Mars Polar Lander, however it was unintentionally destroyed about 57 km above the Martian atmosphere due to its onboard computer being unable to convert metric and imperial units during orbital insertion

The MCO a few minutes before its problematic Mars orbit insertion that led to its destruction, 1999-Sept-23

Reconstructed interplanetary trajectory of MCO, 1998–1999

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