Mercury Flyby 1 |
Mercury Flyby 1 |
Dec 5 2007, 06:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 258 Joined: 22-December 06 Member No.: 1503 |
40 days and counting. The long wait is almost over!
I wonder whether we will get enough data to test new simulation theories like this one. http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19...solar-wind.html What do you expect from this first flyby? |
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Dec 29 2007, 05:03 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Does anyone know what the field of view of the Narrow Angle and the Wide Angle Camera is? From http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1305.pdf: QUOTE The Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) consists of wide-angle and narrow-angle imagers mounted on a pivot platform that enables the instrument to point in a different direction from the spacecraft boresight. The MDIS narrowangle camera (NAC) is monochromatic with a 1.5° field of view, while the wide-angle camera (WAC) has a 10.5° field of view and a set of 11 color filters (plus one broad-band filter) ranging from 415 nm to 1020 nm. They both have 1024 by 1024 CCDs.--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Dec 29 2007, 11:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 146 Joined: 23-August 06 From: Vriezenveen, Netherlands Member No.: 1067 |
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Jan 2 2008, 01:02 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 8-August 07 Member No.: 3138 |
Can someone here please point me to updating orbital elements (TLE format) for MESSENGER's trajectory? Am I right that there is still no master repository of deep space heliocentric orbital elements? For that matter, such an archive should include fragments before and after various historical gravitational assists. Anything like that around? Thanks
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Jan 2 2008, 06:07 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Does JPL's HORIZONS system give you what you're looking for?
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Jan 2 2008, 09:49 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 29-November 06 From: SESE/ASU Member No.: 1437 |
Update [12/26]: Confirmed that no data will be on ground until 16th. Big data crunch 16-18, followed by press conference/release. Then plenty of people in Laurel MD for a couple of weeks of photo-geology. Yeah, LPSC will probably the first real presentation of the results. Of course, abstracts are due next week, so they'll all be placeholders... Simon |
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Jan 2 2008, 11:24 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 8-August 07 Member No.: 3138 |
Does JPL's HORIZONS system give you what you're looking for? http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons --Emily Yes. I didn't realize that HORIZONS has spacecraft. Thank you. Now just need to convert these into TLE format. |
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Jan 4 2008, 10:40 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
We're back...
http://spaceurope.blogspot.com/2008/01/mes...ry-flyby-1.html http://spaceurope.blogspot.com/2008/01/mes...flyby-1_04.html This is it for now. I will not promise anything but...let's try to make of this return to Mercury a great party... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Jan 5 2008, 09:10 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10189 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Some new visualizations are up on the MESSENGER page for this flyby.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Jan 5 2008, 10:36 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Some new visualizations are up on the MESSENGER page for this flyby. Phil Are you referring to the fantastic work done under the visualization tool? Astounding...magnificent outreach... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Jan 7 2008, 04:46 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-July 05 From: Amsterdam, NL Member No.: 448 |
MESSENGER Mission News
January 7, 2008 MESSENGER Only One Week from Mercury One week to go and fortunately no big surprises. Also, the mid-December trajectory correction maneuver (TCM-19) went so well that the scheduled January 10 maneuver will not be necessary. Data gathering should begin in two days. Very exciting times. EDIT: I just noticed that on January 30 (1 p.m. EST.), there is a "NASA Space Science Update on the Mercury flyby" at NASA Headquarters. Is this the main science press release? |
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Jan 8 2008, 04:32 PM
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Any chance they'll show something on NASA.TV ?
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Jan 8 2008, 04:55 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-July 05 From: Amsterdam, NL Member No.: 448 |
Apparently they will. Here's a link to the schedule.
NASA TV Schedule January 30, Wednesday 1 p.m. - MESSENGER M1 Flyby News Conference - HQ (Public and Media Channels) |
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Jan 8 2008, 08:15 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-July 05 From: Amsterdam, NL Member No.: 448 |
MESSENGER Mission News
January 8, 2008 Six Days from Mercury and Counting! Rapid fire! Another update from MESSENGER team. Mission operators have sent commands to acquire nine sets of optical navigation images at Mercury. APL and the Planetary Society are also hosting a public reception on the evening of the encounter. The reception will include a talk by Robert G. Strom, a professor emeritus at The University of Arizona who was involved in Mariner 10 and is now a member of the MESSENGER Science Team. He'll "share his unique perspective on the significance of the MESSENGER mission." This might be of interest to those of you in the DC-area. |
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Jan 8 2008, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
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Jan 8 2008, 11:08 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
While we wait for new images to start coming in, I thought I'd do a bit of Googling for existing images... these 3D views are pretty interesting...
Discovery Rupes in 3D Renoir crater in 3D -------------------- |
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