Mars Climate Orbiter four 0.9 N hydrazine attitude thrusters
Mars Climate Orbiter used four 0.9 N hydrazine monopropellant thrusters exclusively for spacecraft attitude control.
Identity
- Aliases
- MCO 0.9 N attitude thrustersMars Climate Orbiter attitude-control jetsMars Climate Orbiter small hydrazine thrusters
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- chemical-thruster
- Name
- Mars Climate Orbiter four 0.9 N hydrazine attitude thrusters
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Mars Climate Orbiter used four 0.9 N hydrazine monopropellant thrusters exclusively for spacecraft attitude control.
- Propellants
- hydrazine
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:38:05 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:38:05 UTC
Other
- Search Name
- Mars Climate Orbiter four 0.9 N hydrazine attitude thrusters MCO 0.9 N attitude thrusters Mars Climate Orbiter attitude-control jets Mars Climate Orbiter small hydrazine thrusters
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- JPL identifies four 0.9 N hydrazine monopropellant thrusters used exclusively for Mars Climate Orbiter attitude control.
- Publisher
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Title
- Mars 98 Launch Press Kit
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA identifies Mars Climate Orbiter as a three-axis stabilized spacecraft in the Mars Surveyor 98 mission context.
- Publisher
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Title
- Mars Climate Orbiter