MAVEN: Science Orbit

  • Released Thursday, September 4, 2014
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This visualization shows how the MAVEN spacecraft orbit changes as it progresses from the initial, highly elliptical entry orbit to a somewhat less elliptical orbit and finally to the science orbit.

MAVEN's orbit transitions from the insertion orbit to a tighter science orbit

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This page was originally published on Thursday, September 4, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 4:54 PM EST.

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