KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
 Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
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SELENE has now a nickname : KAGUYA.
http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/06_e.html Edit : And Emily searched for the origin of the name http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000996/ |
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Sep 14 2007, 04:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
Thanks Nop for good detail.
I see that Kaguya will travel slower to Moon than Apollo. This is for the cheapest travel to Moon without has to much acceleration and breaking. Anyway, the time will fly fast. 
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Rakhir KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
Stephen QUOTE (Rakhir @ Jun 7 2007, 06:29 AM) SEL... Jun 7 2007, 02:01 AM AlexBlackwell Kaguya Approaches Launch
By Yasunori Matogawa
Jun... Jun 18 2007, 08:14 PM Zvezdichko How are they going to insert this into polar orbit... Jun 25 2007, 03:28 PM mchan The Moon's gravity can be used to effect the p... Jun 26 2007, 04:20 AM spdf Seems like the new launch date is September 13. So... Jul 28 2007, 10:49 PM elakdawalla Is there a source somewhere on the Internet for th... Jul 29 2007, 01:32 AM spdf sorry I forgot:
for the September 13 date:
http://... Jul 29 2007, 03:35 AM nop http://msdb.honeywell-tsi.com/missioninfo....n=SEL... Jul 30 2007, 11:51 AM monitorlizard The nice thing about lunar missions is that if you... Jul 31 2007, 08:30 AM elakdawalla Lots of photos of Kaguya being prepped for launch:... Sep 11 2007, 05:09 AM GravityWaves It will be delayed by a day due to bad weather, ne... Sep 11 2007, 10:10 AM punkboi A little more than 5 hours before launch... Godspe... Sep 13 2007, 07:48 PM Zvezdichko Rock the Moon and roll to Mars
This message may ... Sep 13 2007, 08:35 PM nprev I don't suppose anyone knows of a live link fo... Sep 13 2007, 11:36 PM lyford http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/live/index_e.html... Sep 13 2007, 11:39 PM
nprev ...thanks, Ly, and wouldn't you know it: I jus... Sep 13 2007, 11:48 PM
nop QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 14 2007, 08:39 AM) No... Sep 14 2007, 03:47 PM elakdawalla It's up! I blogged what I could from the ... Sep 14 2007, 01:42 AM Airbag 10:20 PM EDT: Payload separation!
Airbag Sep 14 2007, 02:19 AM elakdawalla ...and that's it for the commentary. Nothing ... Sep 14 2007, 02:34 AM Airbag Got to love that low-tech approach to illustrating... Sep 14 2007, 02:44 AM elakdawalla That was pretty funny. It was a bit Python-esque ... Sep 14 2007, 02:54 AM lyford Anybody know what the little orange bobbing head g... Sep 14 2007, 04:05 AM Subaru QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 14 2007, 01:05 PM) [i... Sep 14 2007, 08:15 AM Zvezdichko When are these two orbits going to be completed an... Sep 14 2007, 09:33 AM Toma B Is there a replay of that spectacular launch somew... Sep 14 2007, 10:05 AM Zvezdichko Yes, it's available on nasaspaceflight.com Sep 14 2007, 10:14 AM Pedro_Sondas Hi!
This is the video of the JAXA program for... Sep 14 2007, 10:22 AM SpaceListener Will Kaguya arrive at Moon within 3 days? Haven... Sep 14 2007, 02:05 PM nop QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Sep 14 2007, 11:05... Sep 14 2007, 04:08 PM jabe from Spaceflightnow article
QUOTE SELENE will fi... Sep 14 2007, 03:18 PM Zvezdichko QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Sep 14 2007, 04:15... Sep 15 2007, 06:49 AM lyford thanks nop and subaru for the inside scoop -
and ... Sep 14 2007, 05:09 PM punkboi QUOTE Will Kaguya arrive at Moon within 3 days? Ha... Sep 14 2007, 05:24 PM punkboi HIGH GAIN ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT (In-flight image take... Sep 15 2007, 04:17 AM ugordan I expect the images (and HDTV movies) of such scen... Sep 15 2007, 03:26 PM Zvezdichko Any news on the first manuevre? Sep 16 2007, 08:17 AM nop QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Sep 16 2007, 05:17 PM... Sep 16 2007, 02:14 PM punkboi Where is Kaguya? "It is in the position of p... Sep 17 2007, 05:38 AM volcanopele nop, do you know if Kaguya will acquire approach i... Sep 17 2007, 06:08 AM nop QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 17 2007, 03:08 P... Sep 17 2007, 02:12 PM Phil Stooke Do we have any information about end of mission sc... Sep 17 2007, 08:41 PM ugordan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 17 2007, 10:41 P... Sep 17 2007, 08:58 PM PhilHorzempa We are now about 5 days away from LOI for Kaguya. ... Sep 28 2007, 04:42 PM jabe QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ Sep 28 2007, 04:42 ... Sep 29 2007, 12:43 AM nprev ...terrific sentiment. I hope it's true. Sep 28 2007, 05:02 PM SpaceListener Would like to know about how fast will Kaguya be a... Sep 28 2007, 08:11 PM Phil Stooke http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html
Orb... Sep 29 2007, 02:27 PM cndwrld Pronouncing it
I was at the IAC conference in Hyd... Oct 1 2007, 07:41 AM SkyeLab Quote:
"Apparently, ka-GU-ya means 'furni... Oct 1 2007, 07:52 AM nop Kaguya is carrying a high-definition TV camera as ... Oct 1 2007, 09:00 AM djellison Thanks for the heads up on that - great stuff... Oct 1 2007, 09:29 AM ustrax Wow! That looks so promising! Oct 1 2007, 10:57 AM ugordan Is that a colorized image or an actual color one? ... Oct 1 2007, 11:14 AM dvandorn It's early spring in South America. There... Oct 1 2007, 03:22 PM remcook I have no idea about the specs, but maybe the colo... Oct 1 2007, 04:00 PM punkboi Awesome photo, nop... Can't wait to see HDTV i... Oct 1 2007, 06:04 PM ugordan After taking a look at the channels, it is probabl... Oct 1 2007, 06:13 PM SpaceListener According to JAXA report is that Kaguya is now hea... Oct 1 2007, 06:24 PM punkboi I presume they mean October 4, Japan Time (as in t... Oct 1 2007, 07:28 PM nop Kaguya has a monitoring camera for cheking the sol... Oct 2 2007, 09:36 AM nop And now the movie has been released.
http://jda.ja... Oct 2 2007, 11:46 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (nop @ Oct 2 2007, 07:46 AM) The ch... Oct 2 2007, 03:20 PM ugordan Earth's rotation dictates features should be a... Oct 2 2007, 03:29 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 2 2007, 11:29 AM) Ea... Oct 2 2007, 04:07 PM elakdawalla Yeah, QT doesn't work for me either. I wish t... Oct 2 2007, 04:46 PM nop QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 3 2007, 01:46 AM... Oct 3 2007, 02:45 AM nprev Cool cool cool, nop!!! Been much mor... Oct 3 2007, 04:26 AM punkboi Kaguya should be in lunar orbit about 13 hours aft... Oct 3 2007, 08:24 AM djellison Whaddayaknow... it IS round. Oct 3 2007, 08:51 AM punkboi QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 3 2007, 01:51 AM) ... Oct 3 2007, 05:29 PM Norm Hartnett QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 3 2007, 10:29 AM) JA... Oct 4 2007, 02:51 AM punkboi QUOTE (Norm Hartnett @ Oct 3 2007, 07:51 ... Oct 4 2007, 05:34 AM elakdawalla Thank you very much for your posts and translation... Oct 3 2007, 04:35 PM Phil Stooke "At 5:55 a.m. on Thursday, a small engine was... Oct 4 2007, 01:07 PM SpaceListener At the beginning, JAXA says that Kaguya is mainly ... Oct 4 2007, 01:17 PM jabe looks like they were successful..see spaceflightn... Oct 4 2007, 06:36 PM Norm Hartnett QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Oct 4 2007, 06:17 ... Oct 4 2007, 08:40 PM SpaceListener QUOTE (Norm Hartnett @ Oct 4 2007, 03:40 ... Oct 5 2007, 01:42 AM jabe press release is up. Oct 5 2007, 11:19 AM nop I am pleased to share the success of LOI with you ... Oct 5 2007, 05:46 PM Norm Hartnett QUOTE (nop @ Oct 5 2007, 10:46 AM) I am p... Oct 5 2007, 07:22 PM Zvezdichko I wonder when the first images will be published Oct 6 2007, 03:58 PM nop Rstar was successfully separated.
http://www.jaxa.... Oct 9 2007, 08:34 AM SpaceListener A new update from Kaguya. It has already performed... Oct 7 2007, 01:32 AM jabe QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Oct 7 2007, 01:32 ... Oct 7 2007, 02:10 AM rlorenz QUOTE (jabe @ Oct 6 2007, 10:10 PM) Effic... Oct 9 2007, 11:43 AM Phil Stooke The Relay satellite "Rstar" will be rele... Oct 9 2007, 02:07 AM SkyeLab Nice update and a couple of spacecraft moonshots:
... Oct 9 2007, 09:04 AM djellison All credit to JAXA - you guys know how to make thi... Oct 9 2007, 09:30 AM nop FYI, I hope this mapping image will help you figur... Oct 9 2007, 01:17 PM ugordan QUOTE (nop @ Oct 9 2007, 03:17 PM) FYI, I... Oct 9 2007, 01:29 PM kenny Many congratulations to JAXA after the disappointm... Oct 9 2007, 06:58 PM SpaceListener KAGUYA (SELENE) Lunar Orbit Adjustment Maneuver (L... Oct 10 2007, 04:02 PM Phil Stooke VRAD (Vstar) separation coming up...
http://www.... Oct 12 2007, 01:21 AM kenny .... and the VRAD satellite has departed, now-nam... Oct 12 2007, 12:40 PM Phil Stooke Getting there...
http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13... Oct 19 2007, 02:33 AM Phil Stooke Here's the latest - images from the monitoring... Oct 21 2007, 02:56 AM |
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