Messenger modifies orbit to prepare for extended mission
Submit on Monday, March 5th, 2012 22:55
MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) successfully completed an orbit-correction manoeuvre to lower its periapsis altitude – the lowest point of Messenger’s orbit about Mercury relative to the planet’s surface – from 405 to 200 kilometers.
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