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MESSENGER Team Wraps Up Radio Science Test »» MESSENGER Team Wraps Up Radio Science Test

[Monday, October 1, 2007] MESSENGER's Radio Science team recently completed a month-long orbit simulation test to measure Doppler performance using the probe's low-gain radio frequency (RF) antennas.

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Critical Deep-Space Maneuver Targets MESSENGER for Its First Mercury Encounter »» Critical Deep-Space Maneuver Targets MESSENGER for Its First Mercury Encounter

[Thursday, October 18, 2007] The MESSENGER spacecraft delivered a critical deep-space maneuver on Wednesday successfully firing its large bi-propellant engine to change the probe's trajectory and target it for its first flyby of Mercury on January 14, 2008.

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