New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise, Pluto and the Kuiper belt |
New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise, Pluto and the Kuiper belt |
Feb 8 2005, 02:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 133 Joined: 29-January 05 Member No.: 161 |
Yes it's happening after all these years, the mission to the last planet!
And maybe to celebrate the confirmation of budget, NASA approval preparations and the fueling of the RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator), there is an updated web site at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ Launch will be January 2006 with arrival at the Pluto Charon system July 2015 (mark your calender!) and then on through the Kuiper belt during 2016-2020 and beyond. 20.8-centimeter telescope for 100m resolution at closest approach IR/UV spectrometers 2 x 8GB data recorders data rate: 768 bps (sic) to 70m DSN 465kg including fuel $650m 336 days to launch -------------------- |
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Aug 31 2005, 01:17 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
give a deceleration of 1 mN on 400kg - you've got an acceleration of 0.0000025 m/s^2
So the 12km/sec would take about 152 years Doug |
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Aug 31 2005, 01:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 26-March 04 From: Edam, The Netherlands Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 31 2005, 01:17 PM) give a deceleration of 1 mN on 400kg - you've got an acceleration of 0.0000025 m/s^2 So the 12km/sec would take about 152 years Doug I wonder then how they'll manage to get the probe as described in the "far out" thread to 100 km/s with ion thrusters within a scientists lifetime. Stack em up probably ! Let's forget about orbitting Pluto. It's too expensive and way out of proportion. A flyby within my lifetime would be perfect for me: i am wondering about what it looks like there since i could read. |
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