Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
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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Apr 20 2010, 07:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
There haven't been any online updates about Akatsuki since...March 19, but the IKAROS solar sail is being transported to the Spacecraft and Fairing Assembly (SFA) Building at Tanegashima Space Center tomorrow. There, IKAROS will eventually be encapsulated by the payload fairing before being attached to the H-2A launch vehicle.
About 27 days and counting... http://twitter.com/ikaroskun -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Apr 30 2010, 06:26 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Akatsuki and IKAROS are now mated together in the SFA.
http://twitter.com/ikaroskun If the Google translations aren't the epitome of sexual innuendo, I don't know what is. -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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