Mro On Approach, TCM-3 not required |
Mro On Approach, TCM-3 not required |
Feb 3 2006, 11:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 13-March 05 Member No.: 191 |
MRO has shifted from the cruise phase to Approach phase. Apparently, the trajectory is so good that TCM-3 was cancelled. This is good news for the prospects for a long life for MRO supporting future missions. TCM-4 is on Feb 28, and MOI on March 10. Only 5 weeks away!
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Mar 6 2006, 08:44 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
I don't know if the real historical record is different from what was the "official" history 20 years+ ago, but supposedly Mars 2 had an attitude contol system failure and once it was in orbit, they had to spin-stabilize it in a slow rotation to keep it alive and all it returned of value was fields-and-particles data, and I don't think hardly anything was published from that, in comparision with Mars-3 orbiter data.
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