Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008 |
Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008 |
Jun 19 2008, 06:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 571 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
Only 78 days to Stein encounter ! I can't believe I forgot about this event.
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Sep 4 2008, 06:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
This Coverage of Rosetta Steins fly-by will probably be to early for me but if anyone else is interested here is the information. -
Sat, Sep 06, 2008 | 04:00 - 11:20 GMT | 06:00 - 13:20 CET| 05:00 - 12:20 BST WEB Page Coverage of Rosetta Steins fly-by. ESA TV Live The feed at 04:00 GMT will feature key moments of this exceptional flyby including the very first reactions of spacecraft controllers and scientists at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, as the very first data and pictures arrive throughout the night between 5 and 6 September. An additional TV feed may be made at 08:00 GMT on 6 September - please watch for announcements. The first batch of processed images and preliminary results will be presented at a press conference taking place at ESOC starting at 10:00 GMT / 12:00 CEST on 6 September (available through web and TV streaming). David Southwood, ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, Gaele Winters, ESA Director of Operations and Infrastructure, and the key scientists and experts for the Rosetta mission, will provide the first insights into the outcome of this historic fly-by and link them to the bigger picture of space debris monitoring at ESA. Webcast - http://www.esa.int/rosetta. Jack |
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Sep 5 2008, 06:38 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 |
Unnecessary full inline quote removed - mod.
The fly- by is occuring in another 22 minutes or so and my understanding is that press conf etc will be in another 3h30 minutes approx. Either you're wrong or I am regarding your time line Thank you to confirm or not my take -------------------- |
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