Magellan was a 1,035 kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989 to map the surface of Venus using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planet's gravitational field. Managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it completed all its mission objectives before communication was lost on October 13, 1994 as the spacecraft entered radio occultation behind Venus, and it was deliberately deorbited to disintegrate in the Venusian atmosphere.
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Mission Type OutcomeAll mission objectives completed; communication was lost on October 13, 1994 as the spacecraft entered radio occultation behind Venus, and it was deorbited to disintegrate in the Venusian atmosphere. 1 Mission Type
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map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field
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Venus orbiter
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communication was lost when the spacecraft entered radio occultation behind Venus
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October 13, 1994, 10:05:00 UTC
Spacecraft Of: Magellan, Magellan (spacecraft) article, lead section (mission link)
The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989.
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- Operated By: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Infobox, operator (operating-agency)
In Group: Venus Probe Programs, Lead sentence
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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The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989.
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