In May 1993 the Magellan spacecraft will be lowered into the Venus atmosphere for the purpose of `aerobraking' to slow the spacecraft and achieve a near-circular orbit. The unprecedented science return of a 99% surface map, already accomplished by Magellan, will then be augmented by new atmospheric data and the opportunity to produce a high-resolution global gravity map from this circular orbit. The aerobraking concept, attitude control modeling and simulation results, and on-board software modifications are presented.
Control of the Magellan spacecraft during aerobraking
1993-01-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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