MESSENGER adjusts orbit around Mercury
Submit on Thursday, June 16th, 2011 22:59
The MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft successfully completed its first orbit-correction manoeuvre to reset its periapsis altitude – the lowest point of MESSENGER’s orbit about Mercury relative to the planet’s surface – from 506 kilometers to approximately 200 kilometers.
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