Martin MariettaCommercial Titan IIISpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mars Observer
Launched
September 25, 1992
Image: NASA
Summary
Mars Observer launched on a Martin Marietta Commercial Titan III from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 25, 1992. It was Martin Marietta's 4th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,753rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Commercial Titan III flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A). 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Commercial Titan III · Martin Marietta
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Planetary Science · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
- Milestone
- 4th Commercial Titan III flight · 1st this yearMartin Marietta's 4th launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,753rd orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
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Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component
- Mars Observer · NORAD 22136 · left Earth orbit September 26, 1992
Titan CT-4 Stage 2 · re-entered October 1, 1992
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Mars Observer, the first of the Observer series of planetary missions, was designed to study the geoscience and climate of Mars.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
38th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 463rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Mars Observer launch?
Mars Observer launched on September 25, 1992. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Mars Observer?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Mars Observer?
Commercial Titan III, flown by Martin Marietta. Commercial Titan III spec sheet
Where did Mars Observer launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was Mars Observer going to?
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A), a planetary science mission.
How many satellites did Mars Observer launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).