The Magellan spacecraft has been aerobraked into a 197 x 541 km near-circular orbit around Venus from which it is conducting a high-resolution gravity mapping mission. This was the first interplanetary aerobrake maneuver and involved flying the spacecraft through the upper reaches of the Venusian atmosphere 730 times over a 70 day period.


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    Title :

    Navigating the Magellan Aerobrake


    Contributors:
    Giorgini, J. (author) / Wong, S. (author) / You, T-H. (author)

    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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