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Science 13 March 1998:
Vol. 279. no. 5357, pp. 1671 - 1672
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5357.1671
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Mars Global Surveyor Mission: Overview and Status

A. L. Albee, F. D. Palluconi, R. E. Arvidson

The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft achieved a 45-hour elliptical orbit at Mars on 11 September 1997 after an 11-month cruise from Earth. The mission is acquiring high-quality global observations of the martian surface and atmosphere and of its magnetic and gravitational fields. These observations will continue for one martian year.

A. L. Albee, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
F. D. Palluconi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA.
R. E. Arvidson, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA.

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