Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Color Imager (MARCI)

MSSS fabricated and operated the Mars Climate Orbiter MARCI. President, Michael C. Malin, was the Principal Investigator. The spacecraft was lost (and presumed destroyed) during its initial orbit insertion on September 23, 1999. The Mars Climate Orbiter, formerly known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter, was to have monitored the planet for 1 Martian year from March 2000 through at least January 2002.