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<p>In late 2007 (or 2009) <a href="CNES" title="CNES">CNES</a> (the French Space Agency) and ESA (<a href="The_European_Space_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="The European Space Agency">the European Space Agency</a>) had planned to send a <a href="Remote_sensing" title="Remote sensing">remote sensing</a> orbiter and four small <b>Netlanders</b> to <a href="Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a>. They planned to land them in four locations. The CNES and ESA cancelled this mission because it was too expensive; both agencies planned to send other orbiters and landers for missions like <a href="ExoMars" title="ExoMars">ExoMars</a>.
</p><p>The Landers' mission was to take pictures of the landing site and explore Mars' internal surface and atmosphere. Each of the four landers was to carry instruments for the following measurements:
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<ul><li>Seismometer, IPG, France</li>
<li>Panoramic camera, <a href="German_Aerospace_Center" title="German Aerospace Center">DLR</a>, Germany</li>
<li>Atmospheric sensors, <a href="Finnish_Meteorological_Institute" title="Finnish Meteorological Institute">FMI</a>, Finland</li>
<li>Atmospheric electricity sensor, CETP, France</li>
<li>geodesic and ionospheric measurements, GRGS, France</li>
<li>Soil properties measurements, <a href="University_of_M%C3%BCnster" title="University of Münster">University of Münster</a>, Germany</li>
<li>Ground Penetrating Radar, CETP, France</li>
<li><a href="Magnetometer" title="Magnetometer">Magnetometer</a>, CETP, France</li>
<li>Microphone, <a href="University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, US<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<p>The Orbiter's mission was to take pictures from orbit, explore Mars' atmosphere and relay information and images from the Netlanders.
</p><p>The <a href="MetNet" class="mw-redirect" title="MetNet">MetNet</a> multi-lander mission to Mars is based on the legacy of NetLander.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="MetNet" class="mw-redirect" title="MetNet">MetNet</a> is scheduled for launches in 2011–2019.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NetLander design has been examined as the basis for a small Solar System body lander, such as a comet.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="ExoMars" title="ExoMars">ExoMars</a> (Europes big Mars mission in the 2010s)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="List_of_missions_to_Mars" title="List of missions to Mars">List of missions to Mars</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Mars_orbiters" title="List of Mars orbiters">List of Mars orbiters</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_artificial_objects_on_Mars" title="List of artificial objects on Mars">List of artificial objects on Mars</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:55px">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px"><a href="Mars_flyby" title="Mars flyby">Flybys</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Psyche_(spacecraft)" title="Psyche (spacecraft)"><i>Psyche</i></a><sup>‡</sup> (2023, flyby in 2026)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px"><a href="List_of_Mars_orbiters" title="List of Mars orbiters">Orbiters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="2001_Mars_Odyssey" title="2001 Mars Odyssey">2001 Mars Odyssey</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Mars_Express" title="Mars Express">Mars Express</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</a></i>
<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter" title="Timeline of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter">timeline</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="MAVEN" title="MAVEN">MAVEN</a></li>
<li><a href="Trace_Gas_Orbiter" title="Trace Gas Orbiter">ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter</a></li>
<li><a href="Emirates_Mars_Mission" title="Emirates Mars Mission"><i>Hope</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Tianwen-1#Orbiter" title="Tianwen-1"><i>Tianwen-1</i> orbiter</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px"><a href="Mars_rover" title="Mars rover">Rovers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Curiosity_(rover)" title="Curiosity (rover)"><i>Curiosity</i></a>
<ul><li><a href="Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Mars Science Laboratory">Mars Science Laboratory</a></li>
<li><a href="Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory">timeline</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Perseverance_(rover)" title="Perseverance (rover)"><i>Perseverance</i></a>
<ul><li><a href="Mars_2020" title="Mars 2020">Mars 2020</a></li>
<li><a href="Timeline_of_Mars_2020" title="Timeline of Mars 2020">timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Mars_1" title="Mars 1">Mars 1</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mariner_4" title="Mariner 4">Mariner 4</a></li>
<li><a href="Zond_2" title="Zond 2">Zond 2</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mariner_6_and_7" title="Mariner 6 and 7">Mariner 6 and 7</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_6" title="Mars 6">Mars 6</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_7" title="Mars 7">Mars 7</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Rosetta_(spacecraft)" title="Rosetta (spacecraft)">Rosetta</a></i><sup>‡</sup></li>
<li><i><a href="Dawn_(spacecraft)" title="Dawn (spacecraft)">Dawn</a></i><sup>‡</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Cube_One" title="Mars Cube One">Mars Cube One</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Europa_Clipper" title="Europa Clipper">Europa Clipper</a></i><sup>‡</sup></li>
<li><a href="Hera_(space_mission)" title="Hera (space mission)"><i>Hera</i></a><sup>‡</sup></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px">Orbiters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mars_2" title="Mars 2">Mars 2</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_3" title="Mars 3">Mars 3</a></li>
<li><a href="Mariner_9" title="Mariner 9">Mariner 9</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_4" title="Mars 4">Mars 4</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mars_5" title="Mars 5">Mars 5</a></li>
<li><a href="Viking_program" title="Viking program">Viking program</a>
<ul><li><i><a href="Viking_1" title="Viking 1">Viking 1</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Viking_2" title="Viking 2">Viking 2</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Phobos_program" title="Phobos program">Phobos program</a>
<ul><li><a href="Phobos_1" title="Phobos 1">Phobos 1</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Phobos_2" title="Phobos 2">Phobos 2</a><sup>†</sup></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Mars_Observer" title="Mars Observer">Mars Observer</a></i><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><i><a href="Mars_Global_Surveyor" title="Mars Global Surveyor">Mars Global Surveyor</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Nozomi_(spacecraft)" title="Nozomi (spacecraft)">Nozomi</a></i><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><i><a href="Mars_Climate_Orbiter" title="Mars Climate Orbiter">Mars Climate Orbiter</a></i><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Orbiter_Mission" title="Mars Orbiter Mission"><i>Mangalyaan</i></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px"><a href="List_of_Mars_landers" title="List of Mars landers">Landers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mars_2" title="Mars 2">Mars 2</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mars_3" title="Mars 3">Mars 3</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mars_6" title="Mars 6">Mars 6</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Mars_7" title="Mars 7">Mars 7</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Viking_1" title="Viking 1"><i>Viking 1</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Viking_2" title="Viking 2"><i>Viking 2</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Pathfinder" title="Mars Pathfinder"><i>Mars Pathfinder</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Polar_Lander" title="Mars Polar Lander">Mars Polar Lander</a><sup>†</sup> / <a href="Deep_Space_2" title="Deep Space 2">Deep Space 2</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Beagle_2" title="Beagle 2">Beagle 2</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Phoenix_(spacecraft)" title="Phoenix (spacecraft)"><i>Phoenix</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Schiaparelli_EDM" title="Schiaparelli EDM">ExoMars <i>Schiaparelli</i></a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="InSight" title="InSight"><i>InSight</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Tianwen-1" title="Tianwen-1"><i>Tianwen-1</i> lander</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px">Rovers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="PrOP-M" title="PrOP-M">PrOP-M</a><sup>†</sup></li>
<li><a href="Sojourner_(rover)" title="Sojourner (rover)"><i>Sojourner</i></a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Rover" title="Mars Exploration Rover">Mars Exploration Rover</a>
<ul><li><a href="Spirit_(rover)" title="Spirit (rover)"><i>Spirit</i></a>
<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_Spirit" title="Timeline of Spirit">timeline</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Opportunity_(rover)" title="Opportunity (rover)"><i>Opportunity</i></a>
<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_Opportunity" title="Timeline of Opportunity">timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Zhurong_(rover)" title="Zhurong (rover)"><i>Zhurong</i></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px"><a href="Mars_aircraft" title="Mars aircraft">Aircraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ingenuity_(helicopter)" title="Ingenuity (helicopter)"><i>Ingenuity</i> helicopter</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_Ingenuity_flights" title="List of Ingenuity flights">flights</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_2020" title="Mars 2020">Mars 2020</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Failedlaunches19" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px;background: #ddddff;">Failed<br>launches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mars_1M_No.1" title="Mars 1M No.1">Mars 1M No.1</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_1M_No.2" title="Mars 1M No.2">1M No.2</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_2MV-4_No.1" title="Mars 2MV-4 No.1">2MV-4 No.1</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_2MV-3_No.1" title="Mars 2MV-3 No.1">2MV-3 No.1</a></li>
<li><a href="Mariner_3" title="Mariner 3">Mariner 3</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_2M_No.521" title="Mars 2M No.521">Mars 2M No.521</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_2M_No.522" title="Mars 2M No.522">2M No.522</a></li>
<li><a href="Mariner_8" title="Mariner 8">Mariner 8</a></li>
<li><a href="Kosmos_419" title="Kosmos 419">Mars 3MS No.170</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_96" title="Mars 96">Mars 96</a></li>
<li><a href="Fobos-Grunt" title="Fobos-Grunt">Fobos-Grunt</a> / <a href="Yinghuo-1" title="Yinghuo-1">Yinghuo-1</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:55px">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px">Planned</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="EscaPADE" title="EscaPADE">EscaPADE</a> (2025)</li>
<li><a href="Tera-hertz_Explorer" title="Tera-hertz Explorer">Tera-hertz Explorer (TEREX)</a> (mid 2020s)</li>
<li><a href="Martian_Moons_eXploration" title="Martian Moons eXploration">Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)</a> (2026)</li>
<li><a href="Mars_Orbiter_Mission_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars Orbiter Mission 2"><i>Mangalyaan-2</i></a> (2026)</li>
<li><a href="Tianwen-3" title="Tianwen-3">Tianwen-3</a> (2028)</li>
<li><i><a href="Rosalind_Franklin_(rover)" title="Rosalind Franklin (rover)">Rosalind Franklin</a></i> (2028)</li>
<li><a href="MBR_Explorer" title="MBR Explorer">MBR Explorer</a><sup>‡</sup> (2028, flyby in 2031)</li>
<li><a href="NASA-ESA_Mars_Sample_Return" title="NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return">NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return</a>
<ul><li><a href="Mars_Sample_Recovery_Helicopter" title="Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter">Mars Sample Recovery Helicopters</a></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Kazachok" title="Kazachok">Kazachok</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mars_Aerial_and_Ground_Global_Intelligent_Explorer" title="Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer">MAGGIE</a></li>
<li><a href="SpaceX_Mars_program" class="mw-redirect" title="SpaceX Mars program">SpaceX Mars program</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars-Grunt" title="Mars-Grunt">Mars-Grunt</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Cancelledor_not_developed30" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px;background: #ddddff;">Cancelled<br>or not developed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aerial_Regional-scale_Environmental_Survey" title="Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey">Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey</a></li>
<li><a href="Astrobiology_Field_Laboratory" title="Astrobiology Field Laboratory">Astrobiology Field Laboratory</a></li>
<li><a href="Beagle_3" title="Beagle 3">Beagle 3</a></li>
<li><a href="Biological_Oxidant_and_Life_Detection" title="Biological Oxidant and Life Detection">Biological Oxidant and Life Detection</a></li>
<li><a href="Deimos_and_Phobos_Interior_Explorer" title="Deimos and Phobos Interior Explorer">DePhine</a></li>
<li><a href="Icebreaker_Life" title="Icebreaker Life">Icebreaker Life</a></li>
<li><a href="Marsokhod" title="Marsokhod">Marsokhod</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_4NM" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars 4NM">Mars 4NM & 5NM</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_5M" title="Mars 5M">Mars 5M (Mars-79)</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars-Aster" title="Mars-Aster">Mars-Aster</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Astrobiology_Explorer-Cacher" title="Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher">Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (MAX-C)</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Geyser_Hopper" title="Mars Geyser Hopper">Mars Geyser Hopper</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Ice_Mapper" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars Exploration Ice Mapper">Mars Exploration Ice Mapper</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_One" title="Mars One">Mars One</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Micro_Orbiter" title="Mars Micro Orbiter">Mars Micro Orbiter</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Surveyor_2001" title="Mars Surveyor 2001">Mars Surveyor Lander</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Telecommunications_Orbiter" title="Mars Telecommunications Orbiter">Mars Telecommunications Orbiter</a></li>
<li><a href="MELOS" title="MELOS">MELOS rover</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_MetNet" title="Mars MetNet">MetNet</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Northern_Light_(spacecraft)" title="Northern Light (spacecraft)">Northern Light</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Next_Mars_Orbiter" title="Next Mars Orbiter">Next Mars Orbiter</a></li>
<li><a href="Phobos_And_Deimos_%26_Mars_Environment" title="Phobos And Deimos & Mars Environment">PADME</a></li>
<li><a href="Phootprint" title="Phootprint">Phootprint</a></li>
<li><a href="Sample_Collection_for_Investigation_of_Mars" title="Sample Collection for Investigation of Mars">Sample Collection for Investigation of Mars (SCIM)</a></li>
<li><a href="Sky-Sailor" title="Sky-Sailor">Sky-Sailor</a></li>
<li><i><a href="SpaceX_Red_Dragon" title="SpaceX Red Dragon">SpaceX Red Dragon</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Vesta_(spacecraft)" title="Vesta (spacecraft)">Vesta</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Voyager_program_(Mars)" title="Voyager program (Mars)">Voyager Mars</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:55px"><a href="Exploration_of_Mars" title="Exploration of Mars">Exploration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mars_flyby" title="Mars flyby">Flyby</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Mars_orbiters" title="List of Mars orbiters">Orbiter</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_landing" title="Mars landing">Landing</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_atmospheric_entry" title="Mars atmospheric entry">Atmospheric entry</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_rover" title="Mars rover">Rover</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_aircraft" title="Mars aircraft">Aircraft</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_sample-return_mission" title="Mars sample-return mission">Sample return</a></li>
<li><a href="Human_mission_to_Mars" title="Human mission to Mars">Human mission</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_to_Stay" title="Mars to Stay">Permanent settlement</a></li>
<li><a href="Colonization_of_Mars" title="Colonization of Mars">Colonization</a></li>
<li><a href="Terraforming_of_Mars" title="Terraforming of Mars">Terraforming</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px">Strategies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mars_Scout_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars Scout Program">Mars Scout Program</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Program" title="Mars Exploration Program">Mars Exploration Program</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Exploration_Joint_Initiative" title="Mars Exploration Joint Initiative">Mars Exploration Joint Initiative</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Next_Generation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars Next Generation">Mars Next Generation</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:65px">Advocacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="The_Mars_Project" title="The Mars Project">The Mars Project</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Case_for_Mars" title="The Case for Mars">The Case for Mars</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Inspiration_Mars_Foundation" title="Inspiration Mars Foundation">Inspiration Mars</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Institute" title="Mars Institute">Mars Institute</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_Society" title="Mars Society">Mars Society</a></li>
<li><a href="Mars_race" title="Mars race">Mars race</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Missions are ordered by launch date. Sign <sup>†</sup> indicates failure en route or before intended mission data returned. <sup>‡</sup> indicates use of the planet as a <a href="Gravity_assist" title="Gravity assist">gravity assist</a> en route to another destination.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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