MASCOT landing on Ryugu, 3 October 2018 |
MASCOT landing on Ryugu, 3 October 2018 |
Oct 2 2018, 04:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1432 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
The Japanese Hayabusa 2 twitter account reports that the spacecraft has begun descending toward Ryugu in preparation to deploy the MASCOT lander. Nothing on the English twitter as of the time of this post.
https://twitter.com/haya2_jaxa/status/1046965970466746369 -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Oct 3 2018, 04:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 810 Joined: 3-June 04 From: Brittany, France Member No.: 79 |
Identification of rocks on the picture taken at 1h46 UTC with shadow of Hayabusa 2 as a red cross. The shadow is probably shifted out of the map on the right since the map is missing a vertical band of latitude on 340° and 360°.
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Oct 3 2018, 03:04 PM
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I read that expected battery life is just 16 hours and it's not rechargeable (no solar panels), and delivery occurred at around 02:17 GMT. So MASCOT mission should come to its end at around 18:17 GMT, 3 hours from now. |
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