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  • Diagram of the Parker Solar Probe trajectory design.
    Rights: NASA/John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Published 26 July 2017 Size: 500 KB Referencing Hub media

    The probe will use seven Venus fly-bys, using gravity assists to gain speed. It will have to orbit at 700,000 kilometres per hour to gain angular momentum to avoid plunging into the Sun.

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