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Corot, Stars vibrations and extrasolar planets
konangrit
post Dec 6 2006, 01:46 PM
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The preparation operations for launch are going well in Baïkonour, on 28 November 2006

Following a series of successful health functional tests, the spacecraft was transferred to HPF, a highly monitored clean room dedicated to fuelling operations (hydrazine).
In the meantime, the dispatching of the electrical hardware is going on, at MIK 40 and on the launch pad. A first countdown system test with Main Control Room in Toulouse is scheduled this week.
It has been snowing for a few days in Baïkonour, and the temperature has dropped to -23°C. But the project team is facing up !


http://smsc.cnes.fr/COROT/GP_actualite.htm
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post Dec 7 2006, 10:05 PM
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Corot launch is now scheduled on 27 December after a leak was detected in the fuel circuit of the Fregat upper stage.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/COROT/SEMHWD9L6VE_0.html
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post Dec 7 2006, 10:40 PM
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QUOTE (Rakhir @ Dec 7 2006, 10:05 PM) *
Corot launch is now scheduled on 27 December after a leak was detected in the fuel circuit of the Fregat upper stage.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/COROT/SEMHWD9L6VE_0.html


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post Dec 21 2006, 01:41 PM
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COROT enters home straight

20 December 2006

CNES’s trailblazing COROT satellite is all set to embark on its quest for new worlds, with launch scheduled 27 December, 15:23 Paris time.


After a launch campaign that started on 15 November, described by CNES’s Project Leader Thien Lam Trong as “uneventful”, COROT is in tip-top form. No anomalies were detected during a full series of tests on the satellite.

Checks had to be run last week for a suspected fuel leak in the launcher’s Fregat upper stage, but this proved a false alarm triggered by a ground system malfunction.
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post Dec 26 2006, 11:29 AM
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QUOTE (konangrit @ Nov 23 2006, 04:49 PM) *


Thanks for these links, I wonder if it can find these Earth-like planets ?
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post Dec 27 2006, 11:10 AM
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Nope, but it may come close by finding "almost Earth-sized" ones in much closer orbits:

http://space.com/missionlaunches/061226_corot_launch.html

Kepler is supposed to find the first ones in Cygnus :-)


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post Dec 27 2006, 03:22 PM
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COROT has just launched at 923 AM EST according to spaceflightnow.com

here is the initial 1 paragraph story:

SPACEFLIGHT NOW

27 Dec 2006, 10 AM EST

Planet-hunting space telescope has lifted off

A Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket with the European COROT space observatory launched at 1423 GMT (9:23 a.m. EST) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Fregat upper stage is performing two firings to place the craft into polar orbit. Confirmation of launch success is expected about two hours into flight. The French-led COROT mission will look for rocky planets around other stars.

link to ESA COROT site:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/COROT/index.html

looks like a live webcast here:
http://www.cnes-tv.com/corot_en/live_en.html
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post Dec 27 2006, 03:37 PM
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According to the webcast, the telescope lid will be opened on Jan 15 with first science results expected by the end of Jan

they are showing the control rooms in Toulouse, France and Baikonur, Kazakstan and Paris studio commentary

1st burn went well, CNES awaiting confirmation of second burn and spacecraft seperation. It was just announced that this info is expected in about 20 min from now
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post Dec 27 2006, 04:15 PM
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There is great on-going commentary about searching for exoplanets, looking for life beyond Earth, the mission of COROT and the method of science data release.

Soyuz 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages all burned normal.

Fregat upper stage 1st burn successful. After that there was a communication black out accounting for news delay

CNES Just announced:

Confirmation of 2nd Fregat burn SUCCESSFUL ! .... smile.gif

and SUCCESSFUL SPACECRAFT SEPERATION !
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CNES says everything is well on board at this time. Solar panels have opened. Correct orbit achieved

They are thanking all their international partners for the hard work and cooperation over the last 10 years of development

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post Dec 27 2006, 04:16 PM
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Complete success, congratulations to CNES and partners. smile.gif
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post Dec 27 2006, 05:13 PM
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I'm very, very happy that the launch is success.
A question:As far as my limited knowledge about the stars and planets, I recall that existance of planets is thought to be related to metallicity in stars. Does anybody know if this criteria been used in choosing stars to study by Corot ?
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post Dec 27 2006, 05:46 PM
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Detailed online articles here:

ESA News release:

COROT on its way
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY NEWS RELEASE
Posted: December 27, 2006

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0612/27corot/

CNN post:

Scientists launch 'planet hunter'
POSTED: 9:44 a.m. EST, December 27, 2006

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/27/p...reut/index.html
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post Dec 27 2006, 06:25 PM
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QUOTE (GravityWaves @ Dec 26 2006, 02:29 PM) *
Thanks for these links, I wonder if it can find these Earth-like planets ?

It can find one or two near M-dwarfs:
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305159
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post Dec 27 2006, 09:03 PM
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It's a little off-topic but the November 2006 issue of ESA Bulletin has an article by Gerald Crone et al. about the Herschel and Planck missions.
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post Dec 29 2006, 04:49 PM
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Congratulations and wishes for an extraordinary successful mission! smile.gif


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