Citation:Journal of geophysical research, v.106, no. E10, pp.23291-23316 Pasadena, CA USA
Abstract:
The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft was placed into Mars orbit on September 11, 1997, and by March 9, 1999, had slowly circularized through aerobraking to a Sun-synchronous, near-polar orbit with an average altitude of 378 km.