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Highly elliptical orbits are cheaper to achieve anyway, right? You can get into one directly from your Venus gravity assists, and not have to keep precious fuel
by dmurray 5y ago
Highly elliptical orbits are cheaper to achieve anyway, right? You can get into one directly from your Venus gravity assists, and not have to keep precious fuel to transfer to a circular orbit later on.
- ceejayoz 5y agoYes. As a bonus in this particular case, it limits your time in the higher temperatures of the corona; the spacecraft gets time to radiate heat and cool off before the next skim through.
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