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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Oct 31 2011, 10:24 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 316 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
If the Japanese pull this off it will be another 'snatching victory from the jaws of defeat' performance. They seem to do their best when their missions are in deep doodoo!
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Nov 1 2011, 09:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
This morning I was surprised to find that there is to be a news coverage of Akatsuki during this evening's 7 O'clock TV news. It is only half an hour to go. This sort of coverage is very rare here. As far as I can recall about the only TV coverage for even Hayabusa was at the time of its disintegration...
So, I am intrigued. P |
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Nov 2 2011, 08:30 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
a news coverage of Akatsuki during this evening's 7 O'clock TV news. I watched this TV news last night. A few things. 1. Although I am used to seeing graphs all neatly compiled for reports in the course of my translation this was the first time that I had seen a raw graphical output for Akatsuki. It was a horizontal line of about a foot in length and the delta V gain bit was a short (an inch or so) straight line at an angle, about 30 degrees, I would say. These magnitudes are judged relative to human size seen in the control room. It was pleaseing to see this output. It was like having a freshly baked bread right in front of me! 2. The intro said "a new (after the failure) period of a few days against the originally planned 30 hours circulation period" and at this point my brain went "???". I had all along viewed the current operation as a cosmetic excercise and in any event I was under the impression when I was translating for the new orbit that it was going to be anything from a few weeks to a few months. As far as I am wishfully concerened "a few days" is 3 days and that is 72 hours. Does this not mean that I might be able to watch some lightenings as I had hoped to watch? I love lightenings, celestial or otherwise. P |
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