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16 years 3 months ago #59365 by Tonybwf
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Hi all,

its a week to the mercury fly by

messenger.jhuapl.edu/encounters/index.ph...6200&timestep=60


On December 19th, MESSENGER's 19th trajectory correction maneuver (TCM-19) changed the spacecraft's velocity by 3.6 feet per second (1.1 meters per second), directing MESSENGER closer to its intended target for the first flyby. TCM-19 went so well that the mission design and navigation teams have decided that a TCM scheduled for January 10 will not be needed.

It will pass the planet at an altitude of 202 kilometers

im looking foward to this as i only read about it recently!!

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Tony

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16 years 3 months ago #59906 by Seanie_Morris
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Read the ongoing news of it here:

www.irishastronomy.org/boards/viewtopic.php?t=7904

Seanie.

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