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Why was the Mars Climate Orbiter destroyed?

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The mars climate orbiter destroyed when a navigation error caused it to miss its target altitude at mars by 80 to 90km, instead entering the martian atmosphere at an altitude of 57km during the orbit insertion maneuver.

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