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Old 05-April-2007, 03:11 AM
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The Messenger team is celebrating the 40% mark.

Its current speed 42.84 km/s. Compare this to New Horizon's speed of 21.70 km/s as it speeds away from Jupiter. Both speeds are relative to the sun.
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