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Paolo
post Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
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I thought it was time to start a separate thread on this mission, launching soon
some good medium-resolution images of the spacecraft are available on JAXA digital archives
http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p3_e.php?time=N&...mp;mission=4066
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Vultur
post Mar 29 2010, 06:09 AM
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IKAROS sounds really cool, is there any website to find more info on it?
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- Paolo   Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter   Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Here's a link to the Akatski "Special Sit...   Mar 13 2010, 04:23 PM
|- - punkboi   March 18, 2010 Updated AKATSUKI leaves for Tanega...   Mar 18 2010, 06:00 PM
|- - robspace54   http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/overview/akatsuki...   Mar 22 2010, 02:08 PM
- - punkboi   The IKAROS solar sail is set to join Akatsuki at T...   Mar 23 2010, 05:34 PM
- - Vultur   IKAROS sounds really cool, is there any website to...   Mar 29 2010, 06:09 AM
- - punkboi   IKAROS is now inside a clean room at the Tanegashi...   Apr 2 2010, 05:57 AM
- - punkboi   There haven't been any online updates about Ak...   Apr 20 2010, 07:12 AM
|- - punkboi   Akatsuki and IKAROS are now mated together in the ...   Apr 30 2010, 06:26 AM
- - punkboi   Akatsuki and IKAROS ready for fairing encapsulatio...   May 1 2010, 07:52 AM
|- - Mark6   Well, I had to update my long-neglected web page: ...   May 3 2010, 03:27 PM
||- - Paolo   QUOTE (Mark6 @ May 3 2010, 05:27 PM) Paol...   May 3 2010, 05:12 PM
||- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Mark6 @ May 3 2010, 04:27 PM) Well...   May 4 2010, 10:04 PM
||- - Mark6   QUOTE (tedstryk @ May 4 2010, 10:04 PM) P...   May 5 2010, 12:32 AM
||- - tedstryk   I should add that your page is really cool - helps...   May 5 2010, 01:55 AM
||- - Mark6   Done. I also fixed cruise/primary operations statu...   May 6 2010, 05:14 PM
|- - punkboi   Akatsuki and IKAROS are now encapsulated in the H-...   May 5 2010, 07:38 AM
|- - punkboi   Better-quality pics of the encapsulation http://w...   May 7 2010, 05:53 AM
- - colin_wilson   Note that the Akatsuki/Ikaros launch will be broad...   May 11 2010, 10:59 AM
- - Paolo   Press kits: http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/pdf/p...   May 11 2010, 07:33 PM
|- - punkboi   Photos showing the H-2A rocket rolling out to the ...   May 16 2010, 09:54 PM
- - punkboi   A pre-dawn image of H-2A at Launch Pad 1   May 17 2010, 08:14 PM
- - Ron Hobbs   I am watching the webcast. What a picturesque laun...   May 17 2010, 09:35 PM
- - Ron Hobbs   I don't understand Japanese, but it sure looks...   May 17 2010, 09:36 PM
- - Ron Hobbs   Yep! The launch was just scrubbed.   May 17 2010, 09:40 PM
- - climber   Indeed, Scrub   May 17 2010, 09:41 PM
- - nprev   Bummer, but not surprising; the weather really loo...   May 17 2010, 09:43 PM
- - punkboi   Weather forecast to be bleak for pretty much this ...   May 17 2010, 09:45 PM
- - nprev   Read my mind, PB; I was just editing my post to as...   May 17 2010, 09:48 PM
|- - tedstryk   Glad they scrubbed it. Eli's exploding diaper...   May 17 2010, 09:50 PM
|- - punkboi   The weather at Tanegashima probably won't be i...   May 17 2010, 09:54 PM
- - punkboi   NEW LAUNCH DATE SET: May 21 at 6:58:22 AM, Japan T...   May 18 2010, 06:03 AM
- - brellis   I'd rather see a scrubbed launch than a failed...   May 18 2010, 03:38 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (brellis @ May 18 2010, 05:38 PM) W...   May 18 2010, 05:48 PM
|- - punkboi   H-2A at the pad once more..   May 20 2010, 07:10 AM
- - punkboi   Congrats to JAXA for the successful launch of Akat...   May 21 2010, 12:42 AM
|- - punkboi   Initial Operation Result of the Venus Climate Orb...   May 22 2010, 06:08 AM
- - punkboi   'First Light' images taken of Earth with A...   May 23 2010, 02:23 AM
- - Paolo   some updates on Unitec http://sites.google.com/sit...   May 23 2010, 09:38 PM
- - punkboi   IKAROS moves to Verification Experiment Phase May...   May 25 2010, 06:21 AM
- - Paolo   Latest UNITEC status update: QUOTE We haven't...   May 26 2010, 04:47 AM
- - 4th rock from the sun   Here's a composite of the 3 first light images...   May 26 2010, 10:47 AM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ May 26 2010, 1...   May 26 2010, 10:58 AM
- - punkboi   I'm reading elsewhere that radio contact has b...   May 26 2010, 08:58 PM
|- - punkboi   IKAROS Update: -IKAROS is 2,266,103 miles (3,646,...   May 31 2010, 02:19 AM
- - punkboi   New images taken by IKAROS...showing the four tip ...   May 31 2010, 06:41 PM
- - Paolo   punkboi, it looks like we posted the same link in ...   May 31 2010, 06:51 PM
|- - punkboi   More images taken by IKAROS. Official first stage...   Jun 2 2010, 07:03 PM
- - Hungry4info   "One of the three missing minisatellites dete...   Jun 2 2010, 10:25 PM
- - Paolo   This is interesting: studies have been carried out...   Jun 5 2010, 01:37 PM
|- - punkboi   I would assume that the secondary payload they...   Jun 5 2010, 05:20 PM
- - Paolo   If I understand correctly this JAXA release (in Ja...   Jul 6 2010, 05:33 PM
- - Paolo   JAXA has released some stellar calibration images ...   Oct 23 2010, 08:17 AM
- - Paolo   two interesting-looking pages on Akatsuki telecomm...   Nov 13 2010, 06:11 PM
- - punkboi   Date of AKATSUKI injection to Venus orbit http://...   Nov 19 2010, 08:51 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (punkboi @ Nov 19 2010, 03:51 PM) W...   Nov 25 2010, 02:16 PM
- - Paolo   from the latest ESA bulletin (published online yes...   Nov 25 2010, 05:52 PM
- - punkboi   AKATSUKI ready for orbit injection The Venus Clim...   Dec 6 2010, 01:14 AM
- - Hungry4info   Something has started here. Akatsuki-related?   Dec 6 2010, 10:01 PM
- - Ron Hobbs   A little less than 2 hrs to go. Go, Akatsuki...   Dec 6 2010, 10:03 PM
- - Hungry4info   From their twitter: "[From Akatsuki Team] For...   Dec 6 2010, 10:09 PM
- - Paolo   Just for statistics: if successful, Akatsuki will ...   Dec 6 2010, 10:30 PM
- - punkboi   Akatsuki begins its orbit insertion burn around Ve...   Dec 6 2010, 10:56 PM
- - Hungry4info   There is now audio on the stream.   Dec 6 2010, 11:19 PM
- - Ron Hobbs   Aargh! I can't get the stream here at work...   Dec 6 2010, 11:57 PM
- - Hungry4info   I'm getting a stream but it's extremely ch...   Dec 7 2010, 12:00 AM
- - Ron Hobbs   Well the burn should be over now. We'll just a...   Dec 7 2010, 12:11 AM
- - Hungry4info   They should be coming out of comm blackout now. We...   Dec 7 2010, 12:12 AM
- - nprev   Hungry, are you using the same link you posted for...   Dec 7 2010, 12:13 AM
- - Hungry4info   Yes. They were supposed to regain contact with th...   Dec 7 2010, 12:18 AM
- - nprev   Ah--thanks. Looking forward to updates, will watch...   Dec 7 2010, 12:25 AM
- - Hungry4info   Afraid there's not much to say at the moment.....   Dec 7 2010, 12:30 AM
- - Hungry4info   May have heard some clapping. (again, with the way...   Dec 7 2010, 12:32 AM
- - Sunspot   Shouldn't we have heard something by now?   Dec 7 2010, 12:32 AM
- - Hungry4info   I don't know what this is but it is being pres...   Dec 7 2010, 12:33 AM
- - Sunspot   aahhh haaaa the stream is working Kind of lol   Dec 7 2010, 12:35 AM
- - Hungry4info   If his pen marks the position of the spacecraft, t...   Dec 7 2010, 12:40 AM
- - nprev   Blast and damn, I can't get the stream to work...   Dec 7 2010, 12:42 AM
- - Hungry4info   They showed a visually impressive demonstration of...   Dec 7 2010, 12:45 AM
- - punkboi   Communications currently interrupted with the spac...   Dec 7 2010, 12:48 AM
- - Hungry4info   That's a comforting explanation.   Dec 7 2010, 12:51 AM
- - Sunspot   The twitter feed hasnt been updated for an hour.   Dec 7 2010, 12:52 AM
- - Hungry4info   Important?   Dec 7 2010, 01:01 AM
- - Hungry4info   A significant amount of clapping... probably becau...   Dec 7 2010, 01:02 AM
- - nprev   My wife's translation of the sign: "Akats...   Dec 7 2010, 01:11 AM
- - Hungry4info   My sincerest thanks for your wife's translatio...   Dec 7 2010, 01:14 AM
- - nprev   She said "you're welcome". The l...   Dec 7 2010, 01:19 AM
- - marsbug   So do I - I have to get to bed....good luck Akatsu...   Dec 7 2010, 01:19 AM
- - Ron Hobbs   Me too! I've got my fingers crossed.   Dec 7 2010, 01:19 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   I really should have gone to bed some time ago but...   Dec 7 2010, 01:23 AM
- - Hungry4info   Finally, new tweets at Akatsuki_JAXA (link) QUOTE ...   Dec 7 2010, 01:27 AM
|- - punkboi   Emily posted a helpful chart showing the timeline ...   Dec 7 2010, 01:31 AM
- - Hungry4info   From cosmos4u: QUOTE Apparently http://twitpic.com...   Dec 7 2010, 01:32 AM
- - Hungry4info   This url (a translated twitter...) shows some inte...   Dec 7 2010, 01:39 AM
- - punkboi   New Tweet from @Akatsuki_JAXA: [More] Sagamihara o...   Dec 7 2010, 02:04 AM
- - nprev   My wife's translation of the most recent tweet...   Dec 7 2010, 02:05 AM
- - Ron Hobbs   Spaceflight Now is reporting the "mission...   Dec 7 2010, 04:36 AM
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