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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.

NASA’s last dedicated Venus mission was Magellan, a radar-mapping orbiter launched about three decades ago.

GeneralValue 2.6Sep 15, 2020Potential biosignature discovery could boost prospects of Venus missions

GPS 3 SV02 (Magellan) launched in August aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket and has completed on-orbit testing.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 9, 2020Lockheed Martin delivers new GPS satellite scheduled for April launch aboard Falcon 9
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