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From: friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Steve Friedl)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from Aug 20 AW&ST
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Date: 12 Oct 90 16:39:13 GMT
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In Henry's AvLeak summary:

> The Pioneer Venus orbiter tried to photograph [Magellan's] injection
> burn using its ultraviolet polarimeter, but the rocket plume wasn't
> bright enough to be visible.

If NASA had decided that photographing this was important, would they
have been able to arrange the insertion so that Pioneer was close enough
to *surely* get the picture?  Or are they in such different orbits that
this was just not possible?

     Steve

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