IKAROS JAXA Solar Sail mission |
IKAROS JAXA Solar Sail mission |
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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Mar 29 2010, 07:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
IKAROS sounds really cool, is there any website to find more info on it? Project Page: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/ikaros/index_e.html Photos: http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p3_e.php?mode=level...mp;mission=9095 Description Page: http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/activity/ikaros.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Aug 27 2010, 01:34 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 1354 |
8 / 26 IKAROS
Solar Distance : 1.00AU Earth Distance : 31401035km, ascension =- 130.8 °, declination =- 28.0 ° Venus Distance : 0.48AU Attitude : spin rate = 1.3rpm, sun angle = 26.0deg IKAROS has crossed Earth's orbit and is headed Sunward. The last few weeks have seen experiments with rotation rates going up to 2.0rpm and back down and sun angles reaching as high as 32.2 degrees. From punkboi's post above it appears that IKAROS will be passing Venus on the "outside" as would be expected since it has been increasing its orbital speed since deployment. |
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