NASA NTRS · 20060039721
Navigating the Magellan Aerobrake
Abstract
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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Giorgini, J., Wong, S., You, T-H.. 1993-01-01. Navigating the Magellan Aerobrake. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060039721
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