Witt, Tamie Handbook of space and solar system exploration in 2000s. UNSPECIFIED. ISBN 9788132323884
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2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. The project was developed by NASA, and contracted out to Lockheed Martin, with an expected cost for the entire mission of US$297. Its mission is to use spectrometers and electronic imagers to hunt for evidence of past or present water and volcanic activity on Mars. It is hoped that the data Odyssey obtains will help answer the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars. It also acts as a relay for communications between the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix lander to Earth. The mission was named after the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001 on a Delta II rocket from m Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and reached Mars orbit on October 24 , 2001 , at 2:30 a.m. UTC (October 23, 7:30 p.m. PDT, 10:30 p.m. EDT). The spacecraft's main engine fired in order to brake the spacecraft's speed, which allowed it to be captured into orbit around Mars. Odyssey used a technique called "aerobraking" that gradually brought the spacecraft closer to Mars with each orbit. By using the atmosphere of Mars to slow down the spacecraft in its orbit, rather than firing its engine or thrusters, Odyssey was able to save more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) of propellant. Acrobraking ended in January, and Odyssey began its science mapping mission on February 19, 2002
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2022 08:48 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2022 08:48 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3676 |
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