Magellan Venus science plans.

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Dec 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988avest..22..298s&link_type=abstract

Astronomicheskii Vestnik, Tom 22, No. 4, p. 298 - 306

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Space Research:Venus Surface, Venus Surface:Space Research

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The Magellan mission to map the surface of the planet Venus is scheduled to be the next NASA planetary mission. It will also be the first planetary spacecraft to be launched by the Space Transportation System, or Shuttle. The launch period opens 29 April and closes 23 May 1989. Venus Orbit Insertion will occur about 10 August 1990. Following a fifteen day in-orbit checkout, the 243-day nominal mapping mission will begin. Using synthetic aperture radar, it is expected that at least 70% of Venus will be mapped with a resolution of 240 meters or less. An altimeter will provide topographic profiles of the surface and the gravity field will be measured using Doppler techniques.

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