Mars Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is currently about 280,395,924 kilometres from Earth, or 1.874 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 15.6 minutes out. It is 1.514 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
- 280,395,924 km (1.874 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 226,475,267 km (1.514 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 15.6 minutes
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- NASA
- Launched
- 2005
- Operating
- Mars