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Atlas
3 Wins 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Launch
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.jpg) NASA
has signed a contract with International Launch Services to launch
the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using an Atlas III from Cape
Canaveral in August 2005. There is a 21-day planetary launch
window for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that extends from
August 8 to August 28, 2005. This
is a firm fixed-price task order awarded under the terms of the
current NASA Launch Services contract for intermediate-class
launch services.
 In
October 2001, Lockheed Martin Space
Systems - Astronautics Operations, Denver, was selected to build
the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
spacecraft will weigh approximately 1,975 kg (4,355 lbm) at
launch, and be placed in a 250 by 320 km (135 by 173 nmi) polar
orbit around Mars.
 Lockheed Martin
is building the orbiter bus and is responsible for integrating and
testing six science instruments and two engineering payloads.
Lockheed Martin will also provide spacecraft operations support
for the five-and-a-half year mission. NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., will manage the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission.
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