Odyssey in final mapping orbit
"These small orbit trim maneuvers complement the larger maneuvers we executed two weeks ago and tweak the orbit to get just the right altitude and ground track coverage that we desire. The net effect is that we move the periapsis point, the point nearest the planet, directly over the south pole and keep it there," said Bob Mase, Odyssey's lead navigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We are now in our final mapping orbit and we don't expect to perform any additional maneuvers to change the orbit."
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