Magellan was a 1,035 kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989 to map the surface of Venus using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planet's gravitational field. Managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it completed all its mission objectives before communication was lost on October 13, 1994 as the spacecraft entered radio occultation behind Venus, and it was deliberately deorbited to disintegrate in the Venusian atmosphere.
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OutcomeAll mission objectives completed; communication was lost on October 13, 1994 as the spacecraft entered radio occultation behind Venus, and it was deorbited to disintegrate in the Venusian atmosphere. 1 Sources
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