Mars Climate Orbiter/Mars Polar Lander Project Objectives
Develop and launch two spacecraft to Mars during the 1998 Mars transfer opportunity
One orbiter and one lander spacecraft
Separate Med-Lite launch vehicles
Development cost capped at $183.9M (RY$)
Collect and return to Earth, science data resulting from the in situ and remote investigations of the Martian environment by the Lander and Orbiter spacecraft
Landing site targeted near south pole (~80deg S)
90 day primary lander mission
400 km near circular, near polar mapping orbit
2 year science mapping, 5 year data relay mission