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MAVEN has successfully entered the fourth deep-dip campaign of the mission. Two maneuvers executed over the past two days have placed the #MAVEN spacecraft into a deep-dip corridor, with a periapsis altitude of 121.2 km (75.3 mi), where #Mars‘ atmospheric density is 2.2 kg/km³. At a periapsis latitude of 65.7ºS, this deep-dip campaign will provide coverage of Mars’ south polar region.
This animation depicts MAVEN maneuvering from its normal science orbit to the deep dip orbit and back.