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The answer is in the question.
- An orbiter orbits
- A lander lands.
Basically an orbit will orbit the planet/moon while the lander lands on the surface.
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What advantages does a Lander have over an Orbiter?
Collecting and analyzing samples of soil and rock are fiendishly difficult operations for an orbiter, but are child's play for a lander.
The Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a?
The Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a lander. The lander landed on the surface of Mars to collect data and images.
What is the difference between a probe and a lander?
the difference between a probe and a lander is a lander is a spacecraft that desends and comes to rest on the surface of a planet/space object. while a probe is a device used to collect items and run tests to collect data.
What is the main difference between a flyby spacecraft and an orbiter?
Who gives a flying fuuuck
What happened with the Mars rover conversion error?
It was the Polar Lander and Climate Orbiter, not a rover. For both someone wrote part of the program in meters and another person wrote their portion in feet: the Climate Orbiter was 146 kilometers off and burned up. After patching the software on the Polar Lander it mislanded when it was less than 50 meters over the land. It flew 350 million kilometers and missed by only 40 something meters. BUT you have to hand it to them: it's like you flew around the world 2.3 times and landed 1.2 feet from the end of your parking spot.
What advantages does a lander have over a orbiter?
Collecting and analyzing samples of soil and rock are fiendishly difficult operations for an orbiter, but are child's play for a lander.
What advantages does a Lander have over an Orbiter?
Collecting and analyzing samples of soil and rock are fiendishly difficult operations for an orbiter, but are child's play for a lander.
What was the purpose of a lander and a orbiter during the cussini-huygens mission?
The lander was used to land on planets and study the such as the moon and the orbiter was used to orbit the planet while studying it.
The viking 1 and 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a.?
lander
The Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a?
The Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions consisted of both an orbiter and a lander. The lander landed on the surface of Mars to collect data and images.
What is the difference between a probe and a lander?
the difference between a probe and a lander is a lander is a spacecraft that desends and comes to rest on the surface of a planet/space object. while a probe is a device used to collect items and run tests to collect data.
What is difference between a probe and a lander?
the difference between a probe and a lander is a lander is a spacecraft that desends and comes to rest on the surface of a planet/space object. while a probe is a device used to collect items and run tests to collect data.
What is the main difference between a flyby spacecraft and an orbiter?
Who gives a flying fuuuck
What are the names of the robots that visit venus?
Mariner 2 (NASA fly-by) Venera 2 (USSR fly-by) Venera 3 (USSR landing, destroyed in atmosphere upon landing) Venera 4 (USSR probe landing) Mariner 5 (Nasa fly-by) Venera 6 (USSR probe landing) Venera 7 (USSR probe landing) Venera 8 (USSR landing) Mariner 10 (Nasa fly-by on way to Mercury) Venera 9 (USSR orbiter and landing) Venera 10 (USSR orbiter and landing) Pioneer Venus 1 (NASA orbiter) Pioneer Venus 2 (4 separate NASA probes) Venera 12 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 11 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 13 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 14 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 15 (USSR orbiter) Vega 1 (USSR probe and Comet Halley flyby) Vega 2 (USSR probe and Comet Halley flyby ) Galileo (NASA fly-by on way to Jupiter)
What are the names of the robots that have visited venus?
Mariner 2 (Nasa fly-by) Venera 2 (USSR fly-by) Venera 3 (USSR landing, destroyed in atmosphere upon landing) Venera 4 (USSR probe landing) Mariner 5 (Nasa fly-by) Venera 6 (USSR probe landing) Venera 7 (USSR probe landing) Venera 8 (USSR landing) Mariner 10 (Nasa fly-by on way to Mercury) Venera 9 (USSR orbiter and landing) Venera 10 (USSR orbiter and landing) Pioneer Venus 1 (NASA orbiter) Pioneer Venus 2 (4 separate NASA probes) Venera 12 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 11 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 13 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 14 (USSR lander and orbiter) Venera 15 (USSR orbiter) Vega 1 (USSR probe and Comet Halley flyby) Vega 2 (USSR probe and Comet Halley flyby ) Galileo (NASA fly-by on way to Jupiter)
What is the difference between a flyby spacecraft and an orbiter?
The main difference between a flyby spacecraft and an orbiter is the guidance computer programming: which causes a flyby to go by the planet and take pictures and other readings allowed in the limited time of the single pass, while an orbiter is captured into an orbit about the planet where it has a much longer period to take pictures and other readings.
What are the names of the robots and probes sent to Mars?
The ones without success didn't reach mars, or they crashed onto mars. Korabl 4 Korabl 5 Korabl 11 Mars 1 Korabl 13 Mariner 3 Mariner 4 Success Returned 21 images Zond 2 Mars 1969A Mars 1969B Mariner 6 Success Returned 75 images Mariner 7 Success Returned 126 images Mariner 8 Kosmos 419 Mars 2 Orbiter/Lander Mars 3 Orbiter/Lander Success Orbiter obtained approximately 8 months of data and lander landed safely, but only 20 seconds of data Mariner 9 Success Returned 7,329 images Mars 4 Mars 5 Success Returned 60 images; only lasted 9 days Mars 6 Orbiter/Lander Mars 7 Lander Failure Missed planet; now in solar orbit. Viking 1 Orbiter/Lander Success Located landing site for Lander and first successful landing on Mars Viking 2 Orbiter/Lander Success Returned 16,000 images and extensive atmospheric data and soil experiments Phobos 1 Orbiter Phobos 2 Orbiter/Lander Mars Observer Mars Global Surveyor Success More images than all Mars Missions Mars 96 Launch vehicle failure Mars Pathfinder Success Technology experiment lasting 5 times longer than warranty Nozomi Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Polar Lander Deep Space 2 Probes (2) Mars Odyssey Success High resolution images of Mars Mars Express Orbiter/Beagle 2 Lander Mars Exploration Rover - Spirit Success Operating lifetime of more than 15 times original warranty Mars Exploration Rover - Opportunity Success Operating lifetime of more than 15 times original warranty Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Success Returned more than 26 terabits of data (more than all other Mars missions combined) Phoenix Mars Lander Success Returned more than 25 gigabits of data Mars Science Laboratory Success Exploring Mars' habitability Phobos-Grunt/Yinghuo-1 Mangalyaan En route Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution En route
