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Explanation:
Looking down from atop a
Delta II rocket
blasting skyward, solid fuel
boosters fall away (left) and the Earth's limb slides into view.
These pictures from the
launch of the Mars Climate Orbiter
were taken as it climbed away from
Cape Canaveral Air Station
Space Launch Complex 17 on December 11.
This spacecraft won't arrive at Mars in time
for Christmas though, as its
cruise to the red planet will require about 9 1/2 Earth
months to complete.
Once it does get there it will use
aerobraking to help establish
a polar science mapping orbit for studying the martian atmosphere.
The orbiter is also scheduled to act as a communications relay for
the soon to be launched
Mars Polar Lander.
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