ICE / ISEE-3, First comet encounter September 1985 |
ICE / ISEE-3, First comet encounter September 1985 |
Mar 9 2014, 04:13 PM
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Mar 11 2014, 07:38 PM
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They say, "In light of the recent observations and the available facilities in Bochum, additional studies about the economic feasibility to add a suitable uplink are being done." Unfortunately, I think this comes a little too late. Why didn't AMSAT-DL got active years earlier? Didn't they know of this opportunity?
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Mar 12 2014, 07:49 AM
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note that ICE has finally been added to JPL's Horizon spacecraft database
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#top |
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Mar 12 2014, 01:04 PM
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Mar 19 2014, 10:05 AM
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hope is not lost... http://www.npr.org/2014/03/18/289628696/sp...n-an-old-friend
QUOTE it looks like an 18-meter satellite dish at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory still has the right hardware. "And so NASA has given them the approval to be able to try that out," Green says.
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Mar 19 2014, 07:35 PM
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Great article, thanks. It's amazing (to me) that I can read the thing and think, "oh yeah, 1978 launch, clearly amazing/impossible/jawdropping." And then I recall that the Voyagers were launched in 1977, though they are RTG powered. I can't seem to find the longevity record for solar power.
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Mar 19 2014, 08:18 PM
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There are some people in Germany try to get in contact with ICE.
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall...n-a-958189.html |
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Mar 20 2014, 09:56 AM
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The article contains links to some technical documents of ISSE-3/ICE:
Quite a way to go from receiving a signal to commanding a probe in the correct language. Hopefully the teams will together be able to build kind of backup DSN for ISSE-3/ICE. |
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Apr 15 2014, 09:51 AM
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Apparently an attempt is being made. http://www.rockethub.com/projects/42228-is...description-tab
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Apr 15 2014, 01:43 PM
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Corrected link.
[Edit: Link is fixed now in the post above, thanks!] |
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Apr 15 2014, 09:53 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Corrected link. [Edit: Link is fixed now in the post above, thanks!] I have contributed, although it is a longshot. It would be a great story. -------------------- |
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May 16 2014, 03:14 PM
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Latest news at http://spacecollege.org/isee3/isee-3-reboo...st-contact.html. Sounds like they're making good progress, considering the challenge.
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May 16 2014, 11:57 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
They've now exceeded their initial fundraising goal, which is a good sign.
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May 21 2014, 05:28 AM
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May 21 2014, 06:10 AM
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Note that this was simply a detection, something that was done by other groups back in March. If they transmit and get a response, then that will be news. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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