ICE is alive ! |
ICE is alive ! |
Oct 3 2008, 08:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
This information from Emily is amazing.
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001673/ ICE is alive and may perhaps be assigned to a new mission. |
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Oct 3 2008, 11:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 340 Joined: 11-April 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 4093 |
That is indeed most remarkable. I reckon the spacecraft must have flown something like 25 billion km (a very rough estimate) since launch ... compares to the 18 billion Voyager 2 has done. ISEE-3/ICE was also the US contribution to the Halley comet in 1986. I have the following events on my website (the part that is not maintained):
CODE ISEE-3/ICE 12 Aug 1978 Launch 1978-1982 Halo Orbit at L1. 11 Sep 1985 Comet Giacobini-Zinner Fly-By. 01 Mar 1986 Comet Halley Flyby. 1991-1997 Solar Observations. 05 May 1997 Mission Terminated. ----------------------------------------- Oct 2008 Contact re-established -------------------- |
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