MAVEN Orbital Science, Post Siding Spring |
MAVEN Orbital Science, Post Siding Spring |
Feb 19 2015, 09:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
such a quiet mission, finally an update was released today: NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Completes First Deep Dip Campaign
and another item i didnt notice previously: NASA’s MAVEN Mission Identifies Links in Chain Leading to Atmospheric Loss Edit: doh!! wrong thread.. ADMIN: Moved to start a new topic of Orbital Science from the start of the deep dip campaign. |
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Mar 4 2017, 07:29 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Not sure. Phobos' orbital velocity is a bit more than 2.1 km/sec, and the press release says that the avoidance maneuver allows MAVEN to miss the intersect point by 2.5 min so...minimum 315 km? That doesn't account for MAVEN's own velocity at this point in its elliptical orbit, though.
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