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HiRISE
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| Alternative names | High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment |
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| Part of | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter  |
| First light | March 10, 2006 |
| Telescope style | camera system space instrument |
| Diameter | 0.5 m |
| Mass | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Website | hirise |
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High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which has been orbiting and studying Mars since 2006. The 65 kg (143 lb), US$40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. It consists of a 0.5 m (19.7 in) aperture reflecting telescope, the largest so far of any deep space mission, which allows it to take pictures of Mars with resolutions of 0.3 m/pixel (1 ft/pixel), resolving objects below a meter across.
HiRISE has imaged Mars exploration rovers on the surface, including the Opportunity rover and the ongoing Curiosity mission.[1]
- ^ "Mars Orbiter Photographs Old NASA Lander". VOA. February 8, 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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