Magellan

The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989. Its mission objectives were to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.

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1989 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Magellan orbiter; Magellan spacecraft; VOIR; VRM; Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar; Venus Radar Mapper
planetary probe, former entity, orbiter, Space Shuttle, 

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1989-05-04T00:00:00Z

1989-05-04T00:00:00Z

1989 Magellan

1989-05-05T00:00:00Z

1989-05-05T00:00:00Z

deployment

1994-10-12T00:00:00Z

1994-10-12T00:00:00Z

loss of signal

1990-08-10T00:00:00Z

1990-08-10T00:00:00Z

orbital activity

1990-08-10T00:00:00Z

1990-08-10T00:00:00Z

orbit insertion

1989-05-04T00:00:00Z

1989-05-04T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1994-10-13T00:00:00Z

1994-10-13T00:00:00Z

atmospheric entry

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Magellan at Kennedy Space Center

The Magellan spacecraft - artist depiction

IUS Magellan 10063298

Spaceprobe Magellan 01

Magellan

Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Magellan spacecraft

Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Magellan spacecraft

Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Magellan spacecraft

Magellan at Kennedy Space Center

The Magellan spacecraft - artist depiction

• Atmospheric effects on ejecta emplacement and crater formation on Venus from Magellan - scientific article, 1992

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Magellan at Kennedy Space Center		Commons
commons	image		The Magellan spacecraft - artist depiction		Commons
commons	image		IUS Magellan 10063298		Commons
commons	image		Spaceprobe Magellan 01		Commons
commons	image		Magellan		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Magellan spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Magellan spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Magellan spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		Magellan at Kennedy Space Center		Commons
commons	image		The Magellan spacecraft - artist depiction		Commons