MESSENGER

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18.03.2011 o 00:45:20 rozpoczął się manewr wejścia na orbitę Merkurego (dV=862,2 m/s, t=14' 38").
Zakończył się on sukcesem, parametry orbity to: hp=207 km, ha=15261 km, i=82,5°.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/sondy/mess.htm
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=92.msg16992#msg16992

https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/18messenger/
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18mar_orbitmercury
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-031811a.html
https://kosmonauta.net/2011/03/17-03-2011messenger/
https://kosmonauta.net/2011/03/messenger-pierwszy-merkury/

On this day in 2011, MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Mercury. Mercury is difficult to study from Earth because of its proximity to the Sun and MESSENGER was only the second spacecraft sent to the planet.

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