CE-2 flyby of Toutatis |
CE-2 flyby of Toutatis |
Aug 25 2012, 04:27 PM
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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 split the subject from the Moon forum.
Admins, can you move the relevant messages here? anyway, just out: an interesting blog article by Bill Gray explaining how he recovered the probe and how he computed the orbit yielding the 13 December flyby date Chang'e 2: The Full Story |
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Dec 14 2012, 11:27 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 12-October 05 From: Beijing Member No.: 526 |
Video: http://news.cntv.cn/china/20121215/100850.shtml
Relative speed at 10.73 km/s Closest flyby at 3.2 km altitude Sequence (local time): • Dec13 15:25 Return solar panels to 180 degrees • Dec13 15:30 Switch to inertial attitude control • Dec13 15:45 Switch to star orientation 10 • Dec13 15:48 Switch to star orientation 2 • Dec13 16:20 Solar panel monitoring camera power up • Dec13 16:30 Closest flyby • Dec13 16:45 Solar panel monitoring camera power down Attached image: captured at 93–240 km distance between 16:30:09–16:30:24, maximum resolution 10 meters/pixel |
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