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[pioneer]

Is there any chance we can get a Cubesat in orbit around Mars or would that take too much propellant?

[djellison]

A spacecraft would probably need something over 10x the ammount of delta-V that the MarCO spacecraft had to enter orbit. I can’t imaging a 6U cubesat being able to pull that off.

Once could imagine a scenario where a ‘parent’ larger orbiter delivered one or more Cubesats into Mars orbit after having put itself into orbit, however.