KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
Post
#1
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
SELENE has now a nickname : KAGUYA.
http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/06_e.html Edit : And Emily searched for the origin of the name http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000996/ |
|
|
Oct 4 2007, 01:17 PM
Post
#2
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
At the beginning, JAXA says that Kaguya is mainly as an experimental spacecraft to prove new technologies.. Thus, I presume that this is one of the low-profile public relations' reasons since this kind of mission has high risk of success. Hope, that all new technologies would run fine after many past setback lessons.
|
|
|
Oct 5 2007, 05:46 PM
Post
#3
|
|
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 24-November 05 From: Tokyo Member No.: 571 |
I am pleased to share the success of LOI with you all
At the beginning, JAXA says that Kaguya is mainly as an experimental spacecraft to prove new technologies.. Kaguya is a scientific mission rather than technological one, but of course it includes lots of experimental elements for new technologies. FYI, Japan once had an experimental lunar probe, Hiten (MUSES-A), launched in 1990 to prove new technologies. The mission included LOI, successive swing-by navigation, aero-breaking by earth atmosphere, daughter satellite deployment, orbit determination using optical navigation, observation of space dusts around Lagrange points, and so on. I think Kaguya's LOI was supported by techniques acquired in Hiten mission. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiten http://www.isas.ac.jp/j/isasnews/backnumbe...ISASnews154.pdf (mainly in Japanese, but including English articles and many figures) We've had two unfortunate experiences in deploying of daughter satellites, Hagoromo from Hiten and MINERVA from Hayabusa But I hope we'll get "the third time lucky" in upcoming deployment of VRAD and relay satellites |
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 31st October 2024 - 11:42 PM |
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member. |