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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Nov 17 2007, 05:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
I hope they'll lower the orbit down to 10 kms for the last extension!
It already give me the feeling to be there anyway. -------------------- |
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Nov 17 2007, 05:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I hope they'll lower the orbit down to 10 kms for the last extension! I think that would be a very short-lived extension... -------------------- |
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Nov 17 2007, 07:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Nov 18 2007, 01:25 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
And probably blurry pictures. If Kaguya can transmit in real time, a crash landing video would be neat. But that is for when it is out of fuel - right now, I am looking forward to more imagery from the science cameras. -------------------- |
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