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Magellan

completedLaunch 1989-033
Launched 5/4/1989LEOService GSat LEO SR
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
2 payloads
Atlantis (STS-30)
retired
Human Spaceflight
LEO
Magellan
retired
Science Explorationinterplanetary
Launch Details
Launch Date
5/4/1989
Launch ID
1989-033
Launch Profile
Sat LEO SR
Service Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
NASA Johnson Space Center
Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39B, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
2
Payload Status
retired 2
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 1 / Science Exploration 1
Track
Mentions
22
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Nadia Zakamska and her team observed J0705+0612 with Gemini South in Chile, the 3.5-meter Apache Point Observatory telescope, and the 6.5-meter Magellan telescope.

GeneralValue 3.0May 17, 2026Nadia Zakamska osserva una rara occultazione stellare

Combining data from DECam MAGIC, the Magellan/Baade telescope, and the ESO Very Large Telescope, the team found that PicII-503 has the lowest iron and calcium abundances ever measured outside the Milky Way.

GeneralValue 3.5May 2, 2026Scoperta PicII-503, stella primitiva in Pictor II

The available Magellan data allow confirmation and measurement only of the section of the cavity near the identified skylight.

CapabilityValue 1.6Feb 10, 2026Venus radar study reveals vast underground lava cave

The study published in Nature Communications relies on Synthetic Aperture Radar data collected between 1990 and 1992 by the Magellan spacecraft.

GeneralValue 1.5Feb 10, 2026Venus radar study reveals vast underground lava cave

The team examined Magellan images of Nyx Mons and found clear signatures of a large subsurface cavity associated with a surface pit.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Feb 10, 2026Venus radar study reveals vast underground lava cave

The study analyzed Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images collected by NASA's Magellan spacecraft between 1990 and 1992 to search for subsurface conduits on Venus.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 9, 2026Ricerca dell’Università di Trento individua un tubo di lava su Venere

The observing campaign for J0705+0612 included the Gemini South telescope on Cerro Pachon, the Apache Point Observatory 3.5-meter telescope, and the 6.5-meter Magellan Telescopes.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Jan 27, 2026Metal rich winds detected in giant dusty cloud around distant star

WISPIT 2b was spotted for the first time using the University of Arizona's MagAO-X extreme adaptive optics system at the Magellan 2 Telescope in Chile.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.6Oct 14, 2025Baby' Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the First Time!

The results were produced as part of the Magellan and GANYDEM170 projects.

GeneralValue 2.2Sep 10, 2025Halbleiter-Technologie erreicht Rekord-Effizienz

The Magellan project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), aims to develop highly efficient millimeter-wave GaN power amplifiers for GEO and LEO active antenna applications.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Sep 10, 2025Halbleiter-Technologie erreicht Rekord-Effizienz

In April 2024, Canada’s Department of National Defence signed a $900,000 contract option with Magellan to add a companion nanosatellite to the Redwing mission.

RelationshipsPlanFinancialValue 4.7Oct 11, 2024Microsatellite project to monitor objects in space over Canada + the South Pole

Imagine Communications’ Magellan Control System manages workflow from production through master control and playout at Da Ai TV.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Oct 26, 2023Da Ai TV is Taiwan’s first ST 2110 live production and playout facility with Imagine Communications

Magellan’s Winnipeg facility will design and build the Redwing microsatellite.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 20, 2023Magellan Announce Redwing Space Domain Awareness Microsatellite Contract with Canada Government

Magellan has been awarded a Redwing Space Domain Awareness Microsatellite contract from the Government of Canada to design, build, launch, and operate the Redwing microsatellite.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityGrowthValue 4.6Mar 20, 2023

Magellan’s Winnipeg facility produced the spacecraft platforms for SCISAT-1, CASSIOPE, and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 20, 2023Magellan Announce Redwing Space Domain Awareness Microsatellite Contract with Canada Government

Magellan’s Winnipeg facility will design and build the Redwing spacecraft.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 13, 2023Magellan Aerospace awarded SDA smallsat contract by Canadian government

Magellan’s Winnipeg facility produced the platforms for the SCISAT-1, CASSIOPE, and RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 13, 2023Magellan Aerospace awarded SDA smallsat contract by Canadian government

The July 2022 observation campaign used the Lowell Discovery Telescope, the Magellan Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, and the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.5Aug 29, 2022DART Team Confirms Orbit of Targeted Asteroid

Defossé is currently the Director Emeritus of Magellan International School.

GovernanceValue 0.6May 5, 2022Slingshot Aerospace Has Hired A New COO, And Promoted Another To Chief Scientist

NASA’s Magellan orbiter launched in 1989 and its mission ended in 1994.

PlanValue 3.0Jun 2, 2021NASA selects two Venus missions for Discovery program
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Magellan Announce Redwing Space Domain Awareness Microsatellite Contract with Canada Government