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This animation is a reconstruction of the Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) maneuver that placed Mars Global Surveyor in orbit about Mars. The animation uses actual spacecraft telemetry and navigation data to reconstruct real events. The animation was generated by the JPL Dview software, developed by Dr. Patti M. Koenig of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, running on a Silicon Graphics workstation.