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Magellan Assembly Target Name:   Venus Spacecraft:   Magellan Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Related Document Magellan Mission to Venus Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size mag1.gif GIF 335 x 421 87K On May 4, 1989, the Magellan spacecraft was deployed from the shuttle. The spacecraft is topped by a 3.7-meter (12-foot) diameter dish-shaped antenna that was a spare part left over from the Voyager program. The long, white, horn-shaped antenna, attached just to the left of the dish antenna, is the altimeter antenna that gathers data concerning the surface height of features on Venus. Most of the spacecraft is wrapped in reflective white thermal blankets that protect its sensitive instruments from solar radiation.

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