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Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter
punkboi
post May 17 2010, 09:45 PM
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Weather forecast to be bleak for pretty much this entire week. Akatsuki / IKAROS have till June 3 to get off the ground.


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post May 17 2010, 09:48 PM
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Read my mind, PB; I was just editing my post to ask about launch window length. smile.gif Thanks!


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post May 17 2010, 09:50 PM
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Glad they scrubbed it. Eli's exploding diaper would have caused me to miss it. Yes!!!!


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post May 17 2010, 09:54 PM
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The weather at Tanegashima probably won't be ideal for launch till May 25 (Tuesday). Darn.


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post May 18 2010, 06:03 AM
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NEW LAUNCH DATE SET: May 21 at 6:58:22 AM, Japan Time (May 20, 5:58:22 PM, EDT...or 21:58:22 UTC)

http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/topics_e.html


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post May 18 2010, 03:38 PM
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I'd rather see a scrubbed launch than a failed launch like OCO. That was painful, watching the reactions of the team when they lost communications.

Brings to mind a question. When was the last time weather actually caused a launch failure on a significant mission?
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post May 18 2010, 05:48 PM
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QUOTE (brellis @ May 18 2010, 05:38 PM) *
When was the last time weather actually caused a launch failure on a significant mission?

There's the Atlas/Centaur-67 launch. I can't think of a more recent directly weather-induced failure.


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post May 20 2010, 07:10 AM
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H-2A at the pad once more..
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post May 21 2010, 12:42 AM
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Congrats to JAXA for the successful launch of Akatsuki and IKAROS (plus those 4 smaller satellites)! smile.gif
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post May 22 2010, 06:08 AM
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Initial Operation Result of
the Venus Climate Orbiter 'AKATSUKI'

May 21, 2010 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)


The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) received the signal transmitted from the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" at the Uchinoura Space Center at 4:40 p.m. on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time, JST), and confirmed that the scheduled sequence of events including the solar array paddle deployment and sun acquisition were successfully performed.

The AKATSUKI was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center at 6:58:22 a.m. on May 21, 2010 (JST)

The orbiter is currently in a healthy state.

We are preparing for the AKATSUKI injection into the Venus orbit in early December while checking functions of the onboard equipment and controlling the attitude and orbit.

We would like to express our profound appreciation for the cooperation and support of all related personnel and organizations that helped contribute to the successful launch and tracking and control operations of the AKATSUKI.

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100521_akatsuki_e.html


The Operation Status of
the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator 'IKAROS'

May 22, 2010 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) acquired the signal transmitted from the IKAROS at the Usuda Deep Space Station and confirmed its solar power generation and stable posture, and established communications. We will turn on onboard devices one by one.

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100522_ikaros_e.html


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post May 23 2010, 02:23 AM
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'First Light' images taken of Earth with Akatsuki's LIR, UVI and IR1 instruments
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post May 23 2010, 09:38 PM
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some updates on Unitec http://sites.google.com/site/unitec1ops/home
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post May 25 2010, 06:21 AM
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IKAROS moves to Verification Experiment Phase

May 24, 2010 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) completed the initial
operation check of the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS,"
which was launched on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time,) from the
Tanegashima Space Center.

We will take a few weeks to carry out the first verification
experiments, namely deployment of the solar sail and solar power
generation by thin film solar cells.


This page URL:
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100524_ikaros_e.html


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post May 26 2010, 04:47 AM
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Latest UNITEC status update:

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We haven't received the UNITEC-1 signal after 21 May 2010, 18:00 (UTC).
We very much appreciate if you send any reception or information for UNITEC-1.
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post May 26 2010, 10:47 AM
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Here's a composite of the 3 first light images. I've added the LIR image as luminance (inverted) just for aesthetic effect.

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