Mars Climate Orbiter 640 N hydrazine/NTO main engine
Mars Climate Orbiter used a 640 N main engine with hydrazine propellant and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer for Mars orbit insertion.
Identity
- Aliases
- MCO 640 N main engineMars Climate Orbiter Mars orbit insertion engineMars Climate Orbiter hydrazine NTO engine
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- generic-system
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Mars Climate Orbiter 640 N hydrazine/NTO main engine
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Mars Climate Orbiter used a 640 N main engine with hydrazine propellant and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer for Mars orbit insertion.
- Propellants
- hydrazinenitrogen tetroxide
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- Creation Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:38:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:48:02 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- JPL identifies a 640 N Mars Climate Orbiter main engine using hydrazine propellant with nitrogen tetroxide as oxidizer for Mars orbit insertion.
- Publisher
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Title
- Mars 98 Launch Press Kit
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA identifies Mars Climate Orbiter as the lost interplanetary-weather orbiter whose mission ended during Mars arrival.
- Publisher
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Title
- Mars Climate Orbiter