Mars Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is currently about 237,978,343 kilometres from Earth, or 1.591 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 13.2 minutes out. It is 1.571 astronomical units from the Sun.
The sharpest eye at Mars for two decades. Its HiRISE camera resolves objects under a meter across and serves as the main relay for the rovers.
Has returned more data than every other interplanetary mission combined.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 237,978,343 km (1.591 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 235,009,207 km (1.571 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 13.2 minutes
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- NASA
- Launched
- 2005
- Operating
- Mars