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From: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
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Subject: Re: Magellan Update - 11/12/90
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Date: 14 Nov 90 01:45:16 GMT
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In article <20538.273ffbf3@merrimack.edu> yetmank@merrimack.edu writes:
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>
>Perhaps a dumb question (I'm full of those, believe me!)
>
>What's the JPL/NASA going to do with the Magellan probe when it's done mapping
>Venus?
>

If Congress approves the extended mission for Magellan, then the spacecraft
can continue mapping Venus for about 12 more years, at which point the
propellant will have run out, and the spacecraft's orbit will decay resulting
in Magellan entering the atmosphere and burning up.
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