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The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a -kilogram () robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.

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  • Magellan (spacecraft)
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  • The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a -kilogram () robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.
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  • 1989(xsd:integer)
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  • The highly elliptical orbit of Magellan allowed the high-gain antenna to be used for radar data and communicating with Earth.
  • The RDRS was a much more capable instrument compared to previous missions.
interplanetary
  • --08-10
Power
  • about 1,030 watt
SATCAT
  • 19969(xsd:integer)
Mission Duration
  • 1.3149E8
disposal type
  • burned up in the Venusian atmosphere
Name
  • Magellan
Caption
  • (Artistic depiction of the orbiter cycle)
  • (Diagram of the mapping cycle)
  • (Mapping cycles)
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  • 75(xsd:integer)
  • 80(xsd:integer)
  • 85(xsd:integer)
  • 100(xsd:integer)
  • 102(xsd:integer)
  • 123(xsd:integer)
Image caption
  • Artist's depiction of Magellan at Venus
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Operator
  • NASAJPL
decay date
  • --10-13
Alt
  • Diagram of the mapping cycle
  • Diagram showing the orbital path for collecting RDRS data
  • Artistic depiction of the Magellan orbiting cycle.
  • A graph comparing the higher resolution data gathered by Magellan, to the previous missions: Venera 16, Venera 15, and Pioneer Venus
  • Diagram showing the orientation of the spacecraft while collecting altimetric and SAR data.
  • Diagram depicting the placement of Earth in relation to the mapping cycles of Magellan
Image
  • Magellan - diagram of atimetry and SAR data gathering.png
  • Magellan - data gathering diagram.png
  • Magellan - geometry of the orbit.png
  • Magellan - mapping phase.png
  • Magellan orbit.jpg
  • Magellan - imagery for VRM and from past missions.png
launch site
Mission Type
  • Venus orbiter
apsis
  • cytherion
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Launch date
  • --05-04
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  • The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a -kilogram () robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field. The Magellan probe was the first interplanetary mission to be launched from the Space Shuttle, the first one to use the Inertial Upper Stage booster for launching, and the first spacecraft to test aerobraking as a method for circularizing its orbit. Magellan was the fourth successful NASA mission to Venus, and it ended an eleven-year gap in U.S. interplanetary probe launches.
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