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MAVEN flies in an elliptical
orbit around the planet. At its lowest point, it's only 150 kilometers
above the surface. At its highest point,
it's over 6,000 kilometers. That means that on every orbit, we're able to measure
the full profile of the entire upper atmosphere
orbit around the planet. At its lowest point, it's only 150 kilometers
above the surface. At its highest point,
it's over 6,000 kilometers. That means that on every orbit, we're able to measure
the full profile of the entire upper atmosphere
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MAVEN flies in an elliptical
orbit around the planet.
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At its lowest point,
00:00:06.405 --> 00:00:09.841
it's only 150 kilometers
above the surface.
00:00:09.871 --> 00:00:13.368
At its highest point,
it's over 6,000 kilometers.
00:00:13.408 --> 00:00:16.335
That means that on every orbit,
00:00:16.365 --> 00:00:18.473
we're able to measure
the full profile
00:00:18.502 --> 00:00:21.000
of the entire upper atmosphere.
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