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 Sep 27 2007, 12:31 PM
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Pushing out of Earth orbit now...........
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Sep 29 2007, 05:46 AM
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jabe: No, that's not it, but this has already been discussed at length here, and the actual answer is well worth reading.
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...3274&st=300 --Greg |
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Sep 29 2007, 11:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 163 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 201 |
QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 29 2007, 05:46 AM)  jabe: No, that's not it, but this has already been discussed at length here, and the actual answer is well worth reading. http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...3274&st=300 --Greg Thanks for the link..always wondered why they didn't use helium 
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SkyeLab Dawn Cruise Sep 27 2007, 12:31 PM
elakdawalla loon reports from the Cape that AOS happened about... Sep 27 2007, 02:39 PM
ustrax Horst Uwe Keller, Dawn's FC Team Leader report... Sep 27 2007, 02:55 PM climber May be little OT...and that's the reason of th... Sep 27 2007, 04:10 PM punkboi Godspeed, Dawn! Sep 27 2007, 04:18 PM Rakhir QUOTE (climber @ Sep 27 2007, 04:10 PM) W... Sep 27 2007, 08:49 PM dvandorn Well -- I missed the launch (6:34 am is a little e... Sep 27 2007, 05:18 PM stevesliva Amazing! Given the incredible complexity of t... Sep 27 2007, 05:39 PM Toma B Just as I thought...nobody in the press conference... Sep 28 2007, 07:33 AM ugordan QUOTE (Toma B @ Sep 28 2007, 09:33 AM) I ... Sep 28 2007, 07:36 AM stevesliva QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 28 2007, 03:36 AM) I... Sep 28 2007, 04:57 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (Toma B @ Sep 28 2007, 12:33 AM) I ... Sep 28 2007, 04:35 PM Del Palmer Latest Dawn journal:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mis... Oct 2 2007, 05:14 PM punkboi Interesting journal. Hopefully, a "Where is ... Oct 2 2007, 05:41 PM Stephen QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 3 2007, 03:41 AM) In... Oct 3 2007, 02:38 AM djellison It doesn't need a subforum until it starts doi... Oct 3 2007, 06:59 AM Stephen QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 3 2007, 04:59 PM) ... Oct 4 2007, 02:03 AM jamescanvin QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 4 2007, 03:03 AM) I ... Oct 4 2007, 08:50 AM djellison QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 4 2007, 03:03 AM)
... Oct 4 2007, 10:54 AM Stephen QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 4 2007, 08:54 PM) ... Oct 5 2007, 01:49 AM volcanopele I could see the creation of a new thread though Oct 3 2007, 07:09 AM ugordan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 3 2007, 09:09 AM... Oct 3 2007, 08:47 AM Greg Hullender I think it's simpler than that; it's becau... Oct 4 2007, 04:57 AM CAP-Team Here's where Dawn is now:
Earth as seen fro... Oct 4 2007, 10:00 AM punkboi QUOTE (CAP-Team @ Oct 4 2007, 03:00 ... Oct 4 2007, 05:27 PM ugordan QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 4 2007, 07:27 PM) I ... Oct 4 2007, 05:56 PM CAP-Team QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 4 2007, 07:27 PM) Co... Oct 4 2007, 09:20 PM volcanopele Wow, you're right, Dawn is available on the NA... Oct 4 2007, 09:27 PM belleraphon1 Sweetness and LIGHT.....
First ion thruster test... Oct 9 2007, 11:56 PM Marz Marc cracks me up!!!
"The drama ... Oct 10 2007, 04:32 AM peter59 Science Instruments Checked Out
October 15 - 19
Da... Oct 20 2007, 07:40 AM peter59 Second Ion Thruster Checkout Completed Successfull... Oct 27 2007, 06:36 AM nprev Thanks for the update, Peter. Green bird, baby, gr... Oct 27 2007, 01:32 PM brellis QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 27 2007, 06:32 AM) has... Oct 27 2007, 02:06 PM punkboi New journal up:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/... Oct 27 2007, 06:45 PM peter59 More Ion Thrusting Tests Completed
November 12 - 1... Nov 20 2007, 08:59 PM punkboi A week late, but whatever:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.g... Nov 20 2007, 09:04 PM peter59 Main Antenna Checked Out and New Software Uploaded... Nov 24 2007, 07:35 AM punkboi "Where is Dawn now?" page finally up:
h... Nov 29 2007, 06:48 PM peter59 "Dawn has started IPS cruise thrusting to Ves... Dec 19 2007, 09:56 PM punkboi http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001266/
N... Dec 20 2007, 09:15 AM IM4 Good news everyone!
Extended version of the D... Jan 8 2008, 09:33 PM tedstryk That is still 7 million miles, but it could be don... Jan 9 2008, 11:53 AM elakdawalla The latest Dawn Journal is now up at JPL and TPS w... Feb 1 2008, 07:28 PM JTN (I'm not normally into fields'n'partic... Feb 10 2008, 09:17 PM Holder of the Two Leashes In a word, no.
If Vesta appears unusually brigh... Feb 14 2008, 07:28 PM ugordan QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Feb 14 200... Feb 14 2008, 07:31 PM Holder of the Two Leashes The weathering being referred to here is the gener... Feb 14 2008, 07:51 PM punkboi New Dawn journal up:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mis... Mar 5 2008, 02:09 AM peter59 I nearly forgot about these cancelled missions.
P... Mar 20 2008, 04:34 PM dmuller QUOTE (peter59 @ Mar 21 2008, 02:34 AM) P... Jun 30 2008, 06:41 AM 3488 QUOTE (jasedm @ Jul 1 2008, 11:30 AM) I... Jul 1 2008, 03:42 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (3488 @ Jul 1 2008, 07:42 AM) No de... Jul 1 2008, 04:55 PM Del Palmer QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 1 2008, 05:55 PM... Jul 1 2008, 05:01 PM Del Palmer QUOTE (3488 @ Jul 1 2008, 04:42 PM) No de... Jul 1 2008, 04:56 PM 3488 QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 1 2008, 05:55 PM... Jul 1 2008, 06:47 PM tedstryk This is another Hubble view. During the 2001 obse... Jul 3 2008, 06:21 PM peter59 Dawn Completes Another Month of Thrusting
March 31... Apr 1 2008, 03:38 PM Stu QUOTE (peter59 @ Apr 1 2008, 04:38 PM) Da... Apr 1 2008, 04:11 PM Greg Hullender I just noticed that Dawn has substantially upgrade... Apr 30 2008, 04:01 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Yes, the diagrams are much better now, especially ... May 1 2008, 04:26 PM mps Meanwhile somewhere on the vicinity of Mars...
Da... May 30 2008, 11:46 AM punkboi New Dawn journal up:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mis... Jun 30 2008, 03:17 AM nprev ...Dr. Rayman is a hoot! He sure can write an ... Jun 30 2008, 11:11 AM Greg Hullender QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 30 2008, 04:11 AM) ..... Jun 30 2008, 12:41 PM ugordan QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 30 2008, 02:4... Jun 30 2008, 12:48 PM MahFL He sounds like a typical slightly nutty scientist ... Jun 30 2008, 01:01 PM ilbasso He is indeed quite an entertaining writer.
Maybe ... Jun 30 2008, 12:10 PM djellison See this...
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That's a ... Jun 30 2008, 01:11 PM jasedm I'm just pleased that we get regular updates o... Jul 1 2008, 10:30 AM Del Palmer Latest Dawn update:
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/miss... Aug 27 2008, 02:00 PM Greg Hullender Hmmm. He raises the point that Dawn will cross Ma... Aug 27 2008, 03:35 PM djellison The Mars flyby is mainly about changing the orbita... Aug 27 2008, 04:20 PM Greg Hullender That makes sense -- I'd wondered why the proje... Aug 27 2008, 04:44 PM 3488 Also as Doug before you said, it is about changing... Aug 27 2008, 07:25 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (3488 @ Aug 27 2008, 12:25 PM) Also... Aug 29 2008, 06:02 PM BrianJ QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 29 2008, 06:0... Aug 29 2008, 09:15 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (BrianJ @ Aug 29 2008, 01:15 PM) Hi... Aug 30 2008, 06:01 PM BrianJ QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 30 2008, 06:0... Aug 30 2008, 11:09 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (BrianJ @ Aug 30 2008, 04:09 PM) Er... Sep 1 2008, 05:57 PM dmuller QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 31 2008, 04:0... Aug 31 2008, 02:08 AM dmuller QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 30 2008, 04:0... Aug 30 2008, 09:37 AM dmuller My two cents worth:
Dawn is picking up speed from... Aug 30 2008, 01:36 AM tasp I will reiterate my ignorance about such matters, ... Aug 30 2008, 06:04 AM siravan QUOTE (tasp @ Aug 30 2008, 01:04 AM) So, ... Aug 30 2008, 03:19 PM djellison QUOTE (siravan @ Aug 30 2008, 04:19 PM) I... Aug 30 2008, 03:36 PM Hungry4info @ tasp
They may not due that so as to conserve fu... Aug 30 2008, 04:12 PM vjkane QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Aug 30 2008, 05:12 P... Aug 30 2008, 04:58 PM tasp Just wanted to comment how much fun it is to have ... Aug 30 2008, 10:40 PM siravan Regarding ion engines and circular orbits, one may... Aug 31 2008, 02:59 AM dmuller BTW, whilst getting the Dawn data from the Horizon... Aug 31 2008, 03:31 AM dmuller Since there is much talk about the Dawn cruise, I ... Aug 31 2008, 04:37 AM Toma B I still haven't found what I was looking for..... Sep 1 2008, 09:08 PM Phil Stooke Earlier discussions of this mission, before launch... Sep 1 2008, 09:39 PM kwp QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 1 2008, 01:39 PM... Sep 2 2008, 04:01 AM Marz QUOTE (kwp @ Sep 1 2008, 11:01 PM) I aske... Oct 3 2008, 06:20 PM djellison Yes - an extensive campaign is planned for Dawn at... Oct 3 2008, 06:28 PM |
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