1999 Jan 15
Clean-Up Hydrazine Engine Burn Scheduled for Jan. 20
A small hydrazine engine burn is scheduled for Jan. 20 at noon, EST. This burn is intended to fine-tune the spacecraft's trajectory by approximately one degree and to increase its speed by 31 miles per hour (14 meters/second), allowing NEAR to gain on the faster-moving Eros asteroid. This trajectory correction maneuver was planned following the successful completion of the large bipropellant engine burn on Jan. 3.
