Mars Global Surveyor 659 N dual-mode main propulsion engine
Mars Global Surveyor used a 659 N main engine in a dual-mode bipropellant system using hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide. The engine performed major trajectory corrections, Mars orbit insertion, and transfer to the mapping orbit.
Identity
- Aliases
- MGS 659 N main engineMars Global Surveyor bipropellant main engineMars Global Surveyor Mars orbit insertion engine
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- generic-system
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Mars Global Surveyor 659 N dual-mode main propulsion engine
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Mars Global Surveyor used a 659 N main engine in a dual-mode bipropellant system using hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide. The engine performed major trajectory corrections, Mars orbit insertion, and transfer to the mapping orbit.
- Propellants
- hydrazinenitrogen tetroxide
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:35:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 09:48:02 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA Planetary Data System describes Mars Global Surveyor propulsion as a dual-mode bipropellant system using nitrogen tetroxide and hydrazine, with a 659 N main engine for large trajectory corrections, Mars orbit insertion, and transfer to mapping orbit.
- Publisher
- NASA Planetary Data System
- Title
- Mars Global Surveyor Science Sampler Data Set Collection
- Accessed Date
- 2026-09-08
- Note
- NASA describes the spacecraft propulsion innovations and its long-duration Mars-orbit mission context.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- Mars Global Surveyor Technology