Instrument Host Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.mgn::1.2
NAME The Magellan Spacecraft
TYPE Spacecraft
DESCRIPTION The Magellan spacecraft, launched in 1989, mapped the surface of Venus from orbit until 1994. The scientific payload featured a radar system that operated in different modes: synthetic aperture radar (SAR), altimetry (ALT), and radiometry (RAD). The Magellan spacecraft's structure included four major sections: High-Gain Antenna (HGA), Forward Equipment Module (FEM), Spacecraft Bus (including the solar array), and the Orbit Insertion Stage. Spacecraft subsystems included those for thermal control, power, attitude control, propulsion, command data and data storage, and telecommunications.
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REFERENCES Asmar, S. W., N. A. Renzetti, The Deep Space Network as an instrument for radio science research, NASA Technical Reports Server, 1993STIN...9521456A, 1993.

Saunders, R.S., G.H. Pettengill, R.E. Arvidson, W.L. Sjogren, W.T.K. Johnson, and L. Pieri, The Magellan Venus Radar Mapping Mission, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 95, pp. 8339-8355, 1990.

Saunders, R. S., A.J. Spear, P.C. Allin, R.S. Austin, A.L. Berman, R.C. Chandlee, J. Clark, A.V. deCharon, E.M. DeJong, D.G. Griffith, J.M. Gunn, S. Hensley, W.T.K. Johnson, C.E. Kirby, K.S. Leung, D.T. Lyons, G.A. Michaels, J. Miller, R.B. Morris, A.D. Morrison, R.G. Piereson, J.F. Scott, S.J. Shaffer, J.P. Slonski, E.R. Stofan, T.W. Thompson, and S.D. Wall, Magellan Mission Summary, Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 13067-13090, 1992.