| Aerobraking Wizard |
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Link to the Aerobraking Wizard
Data displayed here show the progress of Mars Odyssey's aerobraking - the
repeated dips into Mars' atmosphere that are slowing the spacecraft, lowering
its altitude and circularizing its orbit.
The center column shows the current day of year, hour, minutes and seconds
in both Universal Time Clock (UTC) and Pacific time (PST or PDT). It is refreshed
every minute. Also shown is the number of the orbit Odyssey is currently flying
around Mars, its altitude and speed relative to Mars, and period of time it takes
for the spacecraft to complete its current orbit.
Columns to the left and right show the orbit number, date, time and altitude of
the spacecraft's next periapsis, or its closest pass of Mars (left), and apoapsis,
or most distant point from Mars (right). The column to the left also displays the
"next orbit period" - the length of time it will take for Odyssey to complete its
next orbit.
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