KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
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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/ |
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Oct 7 2007, 01:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
A new update from Kaguya. It has already performed the 3rd LOI.
The First LOI: Injected orbit Apogee altitude 11,741 km Perigee altitude 101 km Period 16 hours 42 minutes The second LOI: Apogee altitude 5,694 km Perigee altitude 108 km Period 7 hours 53 minutes The third LOI: has already conducted. There are still three more. More details KAGUYA (SELENE) Lunar Orbit Adjustment Maneuver (LOIx) Just a curiosity, how does the spacecraft able to lower the Apogee? Trying to understand it, it is done by firing the rocket when the spacecraft is reaching the apogee so that the next loop will go slower and thus reducing its next apogee altitude and continues until reaching the desired altitude? |
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