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Article #7604Re: Magellan Update - 01/11/93
From: Steve Derry
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:23
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:23
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Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov) wrote: : MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT : January 11, 1993 .... : 5. Following the end of Cycle-4, the Magellan mission will begin a : "Transition Experiment" in which the periapsis will be intentionally : lowered to allow the atmospheric drag to slow the spacecraft's : velocity. This aerobraking maneuver will enable the mission planners : to circularize the orbit and gather high-resolution gravity data : closer to the poles of Venus. GREAT!!! Has funding been found for Cycle 5, or at least for the aerobrake experiment? If so, this is the first I've heard of it, but it is excellent news! -- Steve Derry <s.d.derry@larc.nasa.gov>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!sdd From: sdd@larc.nasa.gov (Steve Derry) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Magellan Update - 01/11/93 Date: 12 Jan 1993 22:23:40 GMT Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <1ivgdcINN2c7@rave.larc.nasa.gov> References: <11JAN199318502273@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> Reply-To: S.D.Derry@LaRC.NASA.Gov NNTP-Posting-Host: zip.larc.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]