Mercury Flyby 1 |
Mercury Flyby 1 |
Dec 5 2007, 06:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 258 Joined: 22-December 06 Member No.: 1503 |
40 days and counting. The long wait is almost over!
I wonder whether we will get enough data to test new simulation theories like this one. http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19...solar-wind.html What do you expect from this first flyby? |
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Jan 16 2008, 06:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Data still streaming in at Canberra DSN.
Extended tracking time until 0725 UTC on the 70-metre and then switching over to one of the 34-metre antennas through to 1000 UTC. Current rate: 25-30 kb per hour. Suspect that this will slow down a bit once we transfer to the 34-metre. The extended tracking time should allow the majority of data from Messenger to come down. We did have a short 5 minute break in data due bad weather and will have to pick that up on a second pass. Hope you'll all enjoy the should that's on the way! Astro0 |
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Jan 16 2008, 07:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Current rate: 25-30 kb per hour. Umm... 25 to 30 kilobits per hour? At that rate, wouldn't it take about 40 hours to receive a kilobyte? Just how compressed is this data? -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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