The objectives of Space Shuttle Mission STS-30 are described along with major flight activities, prelaunch and launch operations, trajectory sequence of events, and landing and post-landing operations. The primary objective of STS-30 is to successfully deploy the Magellan spacecraft into low earth orbit. Following deployment, Magellan will be propelled to its Venus trajectory by an Inertial Upper Stage booster. The objectives of the Magellan mission are to obtain radar images of more than 70 percent of Venus' surface, a near-global topographic map, and near-global gravity field data. Secondary STS-30 payloads include the Fluids Experiment Apparatus (FEA) and the Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE).


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    Titel :

    Space Shuttle to deploy Magellan planetary science mission


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.04.1989


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



    The Magellan Venus Mapping Mission: Science Operations

    Saunders, R. S. / Griffith, D. G. | NTRS | 1993


    Magellan Mission Progress Report

    Thompson, T. | NTRS | 1994


    Magellan Mission Progress Report

    Thompson, T. W. / Lunar and Planetary Institute / National Aeronautics and Space Administration et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


    Magellan Mission Progress Report

    Thompson, T. W. / Lunar and Planetary Institute / Universities Space Research Institute et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993