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The first spacecraft was a publicity stunt.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
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propellant inventory, vernal equinox vector, hipropellant systems, arrival hyperbola, usable propellant, finite burn losses, random vibration loads, encounter hyperbola, spacecraft horizon, time since periapsis, transfer ellipse, departure hyperbola, monopropellant system, maximum eclipse period, pulsing performance, launch vehicle adapter, periapsis radius, spacecraft loads, apoapsis radius, hyperbolic excess velocity, thruster pair, bipropellant systems, spacecraft axes, solar torque, shunt radiator
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New York, Lockheed Martin, Viking Orbiter, Air Force, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst, Mars Global Surveyor, Government Printing Office, Mars Observer, Martin Marietta, The Netherlands, Goddard Space Flight Center, Kluwer Academic, Reed Solomon, Van Allen, White Sands, Case Study, Education Series, Honeywell International, Jet Propulsion Lah, The Molniya, Voltage Fig, Cape Canaveral, Eagle Pitcher Industries, Long March
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