Table 3
Minimum and Maximum RM magnitudes for different orbit altitudes when the TOF Leg 1 is from 4.0 to 6.0 hour and the TOF Leg 2 is from 5.0 to 5.5 days
Recovered circular orbit altitude (km) | RM #1 Mag. (km/s) | RM #2 Mag. (km/s) | RM #1 + RM #2 Mag. (km/s) |
Min. | Max. | Min. | Max. | Min. | Max. |
30 | 0.612 | 0.694 | 0.787 | 0.824 | 1.398 | 1.519 |
50 | 0.612 | 0.695 | 0.779 | 0.817 | 1.392 | 1.513 |
100 | 0.613 | 0.695 | 0.764 | 0.802 | 1.377 | 1.498 |
200 | 0.615 | 0.697 | 0.734 | 0.773 | 1.350 | 1.470 |
500 | 0.621 | 0.701 | 0.660 | 0.699 | 1.181 | 1.400 |
1,000 | 0.625 | 0.708 | 0.565 | 0.603 | 1.190 | 1.312 |