Rosetta Mars Flyby, Info and Links |
Rosetta Mars Flyby, Info and Links |
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As you might all know by now - I'm heading to ESOC for the media event that ties in with the flyby and so with a lot of help from Emily and the Rosetta Science Operations Centre at ESA - I've done a flyby chart...just the imaging instruments, but it's fairly usefull. Emily's got a vertical one in the works in the same style as her excellent New Horizons timeline.
Other interesting resources... http://www.space.irfu.se/rosetta/sci/mars/ http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2007/069...88baf6c8092ff18 http://spaceurope.blogspot.com/2007/02/ros...ng-lessons.html http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/dsp_mars.cfm?b...uttonSelL2=mars http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/dsp_aliceMars....uttonSelL2=mars http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/dsp_miroMars.c...uttonSelL2=mars http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/dsp_iesMars.cf...uttonSelL2=mars And - in CET ( one hour ahead of UT ) 25 February 2007, 2 a.m. start 02:00 - Doors open & Filming opportunity in Mission Control Room 02:40 - Welcome by David Southwood, ESA Director of Science Programme 02:50 - Rosetta Mars swingby the manoeuvres and flight dynamics, Uwe Feucht, Head of Flight Dynamics Division/Team 03:00 - En route science, first images, Gerhard Schwehm, Head of Solar System Science Operations Division & Rosetta Mission Manager 03:10 - Introductory comments on approach ; Paolo Ferri, Head of Solar and Planetary Missions Division and Rosetta Flight Operations Director Comments on eclipse, Andrea Accomazzo, Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager Comments on closest approach/eclipse, Andrea Accomazzo & Paolo Ferri 03:15 - Closest approach to Mars, eclipse starts 03:17 - Ground stations, Manfred Lugert, Head of Ground Facilities Operations Division 03:28 - Occultation ends - signal back 03:30 - Imagery from Rosetta and Mars Express , Uwe Keller, Mas-Planck Institute 03:40 - Comments on eclipse end and telemetry acquisition, Andrea Accomazzo, 03:52 - Conclusions, Manfred Warhaut, Head of Mission Operations Department 04 :00 - End of event I'd say I was looking forward to it....but that's somehow not quite enough. Also attached - Anim Gif of 1 frame per hour flyby ![]() Doug |
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Founder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 ![]() |
I'd wait for the out-bound images from ESA...they should be very very very special. That distant inbound image is nice - it trumps HST stuff - and it does look more 3d than your average Mars shot.....BUT....
This is the sort of shot I'm looking forward to. Keller was a really nice chap - chatted to him for a while - he liked the fact that because I was 'from' TPS as he said "ahh...knowledgeable bunch" - and we talked cameras for a while. I mentioned how stunning the approach image was from a few weeks ago and he said that he loved it because it's really not a big telescope of a camera - 700mm FL at f8 - and he then said each image is fairly big - about 5 mbits - and I remarked on the large 2048x2048 ccd ( to act knowledgeable ) and he said he thought it might be the best camera flying right now. I added it is possibly the best framing camera flying - and he conceeded that pushbroom, obviously HiRISE takes the honours. He's a really nice guy - and I think he gets the value of Kodak moment pictures - but I couldn't get out of him just what the outbound sequence was like. Also - throughout all of last night there was almost no mention of Philae. They said it was going to be on, taking pictures in in-situ obs - but not what pictures it would be taking, when, in what filters etc etc. They could be stunning - as 'mum' was essentially turned off for the closest part of the flyby. Doing a better write up now for the blog I have a couple of hours of continuous recording of the media room from last night - would it be worth chopping it up, encoding it and uploading it for true diehard enthusiasts? It'd have to be about . The funnies tthing is that CA went totally totally un-noticed ![]() Doug |
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