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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Dec 7 2010, 05:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 568 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Silesia Member No.: 299 |
KYODO NEWS - JAXA unable to confirm space probe Akatsuki has entered Venus orbit
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Tuesday evening that it has yet to confirm whether the space probe Akatsuki has successfully entered orbit around Venus due to communication problems after it reversed its engine in the final step. But the Japanese space agency said that Akatsuki has presumably retained its normal posture to secure electricity by automatically switching to a mode of holding its solar battery panel toward the sun. ''We were able to figure out the movements of its radio waves and that is a big step. There is still hope,'' Seiichi Sakamoto, professor of the JAXA's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, said. So there is still hope. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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