# Opportunity launch window

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-launch-window/185230
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 29, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-launch-window/185230 "2003-06-29T22:56:20Z")
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#### Post date: [June 29, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opportunity-launch-window/185230/1 "2003-06-29T22:56:20Z")

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Why does the Opportunity probe have such a limited launch window? Surveyor had a two week period to intersect the orbit of Mars.  
[http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/overvu/delta/window/window.html](http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/overvu/delta/window/window.html)