2 Mar 2012 - MESSENGER Modifies Orbit to Prepare for Extended Mission

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2 Mar 2012 - MESSENGER Modifies Orbit to Prepare for Extended Mission
MESSENGER successfully completed an orbit-correction maneuver this evening to lower its periapsis altitude - the lowest point of MESSENGER's orbit about Mercury relative to the planet's surface - from 405 to 200 kilometers (251 to 124 miles).


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