Cosmos-1, the solar sail mission |
Cosmos-1, the solar sail mission |
Jun 17 2005, 11:45 AM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
for updates:
http://planetary.org/solarsailblog/index.html main page: http://www.planetary.org/solarsail/ |
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Jun 21 2005, 01:47 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0506/21solarsail/
QUOTE The world's first foray into a new generation of space propulsion is riding on the wings of the Russian Navy and a converted ballistic missile that now stands ready for the command to shoot into orbit from an underwater submarine.
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Jun 21 2005, 07:29 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
1946Z is the expected launch time - but the Planetary Soc site is totally down, and I'm flicking between Sky News, BBC News 24, CNN, Fox, ITV news, Euronews - not not a sausage so far
Doug |
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Jun 21 2005, 07:37 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Ahh
"Liftoff the rocket won’t be immediately confirmed. The launch is being conducted by the Russian Navy. They will contact Lavochkin Association near Moscow who will then relay the information to The Planetary Society." Old School Russia alive and well Doug |
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Jun 21 2005, 07:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Jun 21, 2005 | 12:48 PDT | 19:48 UTC
Launch plus 0 hours 2 min Normal first stage separation! WE'RE OFF! Jun 21, 2005 | 12:46 PDT | 19:46 UTC Launch plus 0 hours 0 min "This is Pasadena, we have nominal launch, unverified." -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 21 2005, 08:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
From CNN:
Solar spacecraft blasts off http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/06/...reut/index.html ...However Planetary Society reports: Jun 21, 2005 | 13:11 PDT | 20:11 UTC Launch plus 0 hours 25 min Report from Kamchatka is that they did not detect the spacecraft This isn't necessarily unexpected. Petropavlovsk was a marginal contact, and it would have been happening while the spacecraft was spinning rapidly and thrusting, not an easy signal to deal with. We are holding our breaths for the Majuro contact. -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Guest_Sunspot_* |
Jun 21 2005, 08:16 PM
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Guests |
damn you beat me to it
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Guest_Sunspot_* |
Jun 21 2005, 08:19 PM
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Jun 21, 2005 | 13:15 PDT | 20:15 UTC
Launch plus 0 hours 31 min Majuro does not see signal yet |
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Guest_Sunspot_* |
Jun 21 2005, 08:21 PM
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Jun 21, 2005 | 13:21 PDT | 20:21 UTC
Launch plus 0 hours 35 min Still nothing at Majuro .....this is looking disappointing |
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Jun 21 2005, 08:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 21 2005, 08:21 PM) Yes... However now it seems they received some signal and then lost it due to motor injection... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 21 2005, 08:39 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Guess it might have safed during launch or something
Who knows. I cant wait to try and spot it in the sky with my new digi cam Doug |
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Jun 21 2005, 09:16 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
QUOTE From the Cosmos-1 Blog: Jun 21, 2005 | 13:42 PDT | 20:42 UTC Launch plus 0 hours 56 min More info from Kamchatka Lou reports that the Doppler data from Kamchatka indicates that duration of the motor firing was approximately just at that which was programmed. But no conclusion yet, because we have no direct telemetry signal from spacecraft. So no panic stations yet. |
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Jun 21 2005, 09:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
I suspect Doug maybe right about it safing after launch. Not perfect, but not exactly unusual.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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Jun 21 2005, 09:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
From last update, "there's no communication at all wth the spacecraft" and "A contingency plan for this is now being put into effect".
Not very encouraging to me... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 21 2005, 10:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
A press conference now, information should be forthcoming.
They said: "There is some telemetry data from the launch phase that doesn't appear quite right", but is not clear what... "On the other hand we do not have direct evidence for failure." -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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