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- From: claudio@nmsb.larc.nasa.gov (Claudio Egalon)
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- Subject: Re: Magellan Update - 11/20/92
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 15:50:17 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA
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- *3. Tuesday, November 17, the project conducted a design
- * review of an aerobraking experiment to be conducted at
- * the end of Cycle 4. Preliminary modeling of dynamic
- * pressures, temperatures and attitude control indicate
- * that circularizing the orbit on an aerobraking plan which
- * proceeds aggressively for the first several weeks, and
- * backs off in the later stages, appears to be very
- * feasible.
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- I have a question about the aerobraking maneuver that the Magellan
- will perform; Is there any possibility that any of the components of
- the Magellan be damaged during this maneuver??? Since the
- spacecraft is going to suffer some friction with the Venusian
- atmosphere I would expect some kind of risk involved. Is it a concern
- for people at the JPL???
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- BTW, I think Magellan will become the first spacecraft to conduct an
- aerobraking maneuver to change its orbit, right??? Unless AAFE
- (Aeroassist Flight Experiment) catches up, of course...
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- Claudio Egalon
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- claudio@nmsb.larc.nasa.gov
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