Mars Global Surveyor
COSPAR 1996-062A · NORAD 24648
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch date
- 1996-11-07
- Launch site code
- AFETR
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 1996-062A
- NORAD ID
- 24,648
Source:NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Orbit center code
- MA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- CelesTrak lists Mars as its orbit center — it worked at Mars, not at Earth.
- Someone born in its launch year (1996) turns 30 this year.
Worked out from this object's official values.