InSight Launch |
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May 4 2018, 02:24 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Hey, all. InSight is currently scheduled to launch on 5 May/1100 GMT. This thread is for discussion of that event, and this new subform is for all new mission-related topics.
GO INSIGHT!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 4 2018, 03:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
For those who might watch and aren't aware, in a nutshell, the rocket will begin by heading south, parallel to the coast, towards Baja California. As a Northern Californian, this is contrary to my convenience, but if anyone has the freedom to watch it, you have my envy.
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May 4 2018, 04:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 22-May 09 From: Ireland Member No.: 4792 |
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May 5 2018, 11:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2086 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
LIFTOFF!
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May 5 2018, 11:20 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
SECO 1. She's in orbit.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 5 2018, 11:24 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89 |
I have a question about EDL of InSight:
Will be a live feed directly from the Insight spacecraft during EDL (via tones like on other landers) or just we have the two cubesats for sending information about landing events ? Robert |
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May 5 2018, 11:43 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I'm trying to remember the Phoenix EDL details, and IIRC it was pretty much just tones, and of course InSight is using the same bus. As you pointed out, however, those cubesats this time should relay much more detailed information so hopefully we might have a data-rich descent similar in some ways to that of Curiosity.
Icing on the cake would be if MRO can image the descent chute on the way down as it did with Phoenix and Curiosity. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 5 2018, 12:31 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Escape burn complete. 9 min till spacecraft separation.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 5 2018, 12:41 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Spacecraft separation!
First cubesat deployed...second one as well! Got three birds inbound to Mars. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 5 2018, 12:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2086 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Looks like DSN AOS starting now... NASA administrator talking now...
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May 5 2018, 12:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 15-June 09 From: Lisbon, Portugal Member No.: 4824 |
Live transmition ended. Signals from InSight received. All is well.
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May 5 2018, 01:09 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 31-December 10 From: Earth Member No.: 5589 |
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May 5 2018, 02:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89 |
Did they receive telemetry also from the MarCo cubesats ?
I dont see they have contact on DSN Now. |
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May 5 2018, 02:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 13-November 14 From: Norway Member No.: 7310 |
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May 5 2018, 03:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89 |
Just found this-
They await first signals from the cubesats around 19h UT today - see here https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/05/03/av-07...-status-center/ |
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May 7 2018, 08:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 238 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 6842 |
Is this live video from InSight spacecraft? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCKwf3I5Lw
Does this mean it's still in earth orbit? -------------------- Curiosity rover panoramas: http://www.facebook.com/CuriosityRoverPanoramas
My Photosynth panoramas: http://photosynth.net/userprofilepage.aspx...;content=Synths |
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May 7 2018, 08:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 13-November 14 From: Norway Member No.: 7310 |
That stream looks like a clone of NASA TV. I presume the view is from the ISS.
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May 7 2018, 12:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979 |
Did they receive telemetry also from the MarCo cubesats ? I dont see they have contact on DSN Now. They did. The first signal was received at 12:15 p.m. PST (3:15 p.m. EST) today (May 5th); the second at 1:58 p.m. PST (4:58 p.m. EST). "Both MarCO-A and B say 'Polo!' It's a sign that the little sats are alive and well," https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7115 |
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May 16 2018, 08:40 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
I'm trying to remember the Phoenix EDL details, and IIRC it was pretty much just tones, and of course InSight is using the same bus. As you pointed out, however, those cubesats this time should relay much more detailed information so hopefully we might have a data-rich descent similar in some ways to that of Curiosity. Icing on the cake would be if MRO can image the descent chute on the way down as it did with Phoenix and Curiosity. For Phoenix, Mars Odyssey was in position to do a "bent-pipe" relay in near-real-time. It was packet telemetry, not just tones, at something like 8kbit/s. One of the other orbiters (must have been MRO) was also recording everything in "canister" mode, which is more raw and better for forensics if they had a problem on landing. Phoenix also broadcasted tones direct to Earth. |
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