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).
Space Shuttle to deploy Magellan planetary science mission
1989-04-01
Miscellaneous
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English
NTRS | 1993
|NTIS | 1993
|STS-30 Magellan Deploy Sim in SMS and MOCR
NTRS | 1989
Magellan Mission Progress Report
NTRS | 1994
|Magellan Mission Progress Report
NTRS | 1994
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