Mars Express flies by Phobos 4 Times per Martian Year

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf..238d&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.238

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Since its arrival in December 2003, Mars Express (MEX) has spent over 4 Martian years at the Red Planet. Its elliptical, quasi-polar orbit with a maximum altitude of 11 000 km crosses every 5.5 months the circular, equatorial orbit of Phobos at 6000 km altitude. Although hardly foreseen in the original science objectives, this has been turned into a unique science opportunity. This paper explains the flight adjustments needed by the Phobos flybys and shows how their unexpected benefits complement the main science results of the embarked instruments.

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