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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