Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
 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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Nov 19 2010, 08:51 PM
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Date of AKATSUKI injection to Venus orbit
http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/index_e.html JAXA decided to emit jets from the orbital maneuvering engine (OME) of the AKATSUKI at 8:49:00 a.m. on Dec. 7 (Japan Standard Time, all the following dates and time are in JST) to inject the orbiter into the Venus orbit. Under the current schedule, the OME jet emission will be completed at 9:01:00 a.m. on the same day, and the Venus orbit will be determined around 9:00 p.m. also on the same day after some attitude control maneuvers including the Earth pointing maneuver of the Z axis. The AKATSUKI will study the Venus atmosphere for about two years after being injected into the Venus orbit 8:49:00 a.m. on Dec. 7 JST (11:49:00 p.m. on Dec. 6 UTC) **** What I'm wondering is when Akatsuki will start taking images of Venus as the spacecraft nears arrival...and when JAXA will release 'em 
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Nov 25 2010, 02:16 PM
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QUOTE (punkboi @ Nov 19 2010, 03:51 PM)  What I'm wondering is when Akatsuki will start taking images of Venus as the spacecraft nears arrival...and when JAXA will release 'em I don't know the details of science operations : the JAXA team is understandably focussed on getting safely into orbit first. NASA did just announce (although oddly not yet linked on the NASA or JAXA Akatsuki pages, as far as I can tell) the selection of US-supported participating scientists for Akatsuki. Among their (our) tasks will be to assist with archiving the data in a PDS-consistent format and with Education/Public Outreach efforts.... http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-389 |
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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 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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