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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                  = ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter''
| image                 = Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft model.png
| image_caption         = Artist's impression of the ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' spacecraft.

| mission_type          = [[Mars]] orbiter
| operator              = [[NASA]]{{\}}[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory|JPL]]
| website               = {{url|http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/}}<br />{{URL|nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html}}
| COSPAR_ID             = 2005-029A
| SATCAT                = 28788
| mission_duration      = Primary mission: 2 years<br /><br />Elapsed: <small>{{Age in years, months and days|year=2005|month=08|day=12}} from launch<br />{{Age in years, months and days|year=2006|month=03|day=10}} ({{age in sols|2006|03|10}}&nbsp;[[Timekeeping on Mars#Sols|sols]]) at Mars</small>

| spacecraft_type       = 
| manufacturer          = [[Lockheed Martin Space Systems|Lockheed Martin]]{{\}}[[University of Arizona]]{{\}}[[Applied Physics Laboratory|APL]]{{\}}[[Italian Space Agency|ASI]]{{\}}[[Malin Space Science Systems]]
| launch_mass           = {{convert|2180|kg|abbr=on}}
| dry_mass              = {{convert|1031|kg|abbr=on}}
| payload_mass          = {{convert|139|kg|abbr=on}}
| power                 = 2,000.0&nbsp;[[watt]]s

| launch_date           = {{start-date|August 12, 2005, 11:43:00|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
| launch_rocket         = [[Atlas V]] 401
| launch_site           = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41|SLC-41]]
| launch_contractor     = [[International Launch Services|ILS]]

| last_contact          = <!-- {{end-date|[date]}} -->
| decay_date            =

| orbit_epoch           = 
| orbit_reference       = [[Areocentric orbit|Areocentric]]
| orbit_regime          = [[Sun-synchronous orbit|Sun-synchronous]]
| orbit_periapsis       = 
| orbit_apoapsis        = 
| orbit_inclination     = 93&nbsp;degrees
| orbit_period          = 
| apsis                 = areion

| interplanetary         = 
 {{Infobox spaceflight/IP
 | type                = orbiter
 | object              = [[Mars]]
 | orbits              = 
 | arrival_date        = March 10, 2006, 21:24:00&nbsp;UTC<br /><small>[[Timekeeping on Mars|MSD]] 46990 12:48 [[Airy Mean Time|AMT]]<br />20 Dhanus 211 [[Darian calendar|Darian]]</small>
 }}

| insignia              = Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter insignia.png
| insignia_alt          = Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter insignia
| insignia_caption      = Official insignia of the ''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter'' mission.
| insignia_size         = 140px
}}
'''Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter''' is a [[NASA]] [[spacecraft]]. It launched on August 12, 2005 from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]]. It arrived at [[Mars]] on March 10, 2006. It went into orbit around Mars, and has been studying the planet since then. Its main goal is to find water on Mars, below the surface, and in the air. To do this, it has the largest [[telescope]] ever sent to another planet. The orbiter also works as a [[communications satellite]]. Its powerful [[antenna]]s send and receive messages between NASA on [[Earth]], and rovers on the surface of Mars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter|url=http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/mission/overview/|publisher=NASA|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref>

== Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Media ==
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File:Components of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.png|Components of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

File:MRO sees Curiosity landing.jpg|The ''Curiosity'' rover during atmospheric entry as seen by HiRISE on August 6, 2012. Supersonic parachute and backshell visible

File:PIA19913-MarsLandingSite-Ares3Mission-TheMartian-2015Film-20150517.jpg|Image taken by HiRISE of [[Acidalia Planitia]] on May 17, 2015, where the novel [[The Martian (Weir novel)|''The Martian'']] and its [[The Martian (film)|film adaptation]] take place

File:PIA22487-Mars-BeforeAfterDust-20180719.gif|Comparison of Mars with and without the [[Dust storms on Mars|dust storm]] that caused the end of the [[Opportunity (rover)|''Opportunity'']] rover, taken by MARCI in 2018

File:MRO using SHARAD.jpg|An artist's concept of ''MRO'' using SHARAD to "look" under the surface of Mars

File:Phobos by MRO.jpg|An image of [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] taken by HiRISE on March 23, 2008, from a distance of around {{convert|6,800|km}}

File:Mars orbiters.jpg|Size comparison of ''MRO'' with predecessors

File:Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter solar panel.jpg|:MarsReconnaissanceOrbitersolarpanel

File:Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HGA installation.jpg|''MRO'' [[High Gain Antenna]] installation
</gallery>
== References ==
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