Magellan

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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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Magellan orbiter; Magellan spacecraft; VOIR; VRM; Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar; Venus Radar Mapper
former entity, planetary probeorbiter

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