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TGO in orbit |
 Nov 2 2016, 05:18 PM
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The latest and greatest on the plans for the CaSSIS imaging instrument:
QUOTE After ExoMars TGO has reached its Mars Capture Orbit, the intention is to switch on CaSSIS in the week from November 21 to 28 and acquire images of Mars for the first time. A media release is planned on 1 December 2016 when ESA’s Ministerial Council is being held in Lucerne. [...] The highly elliptical orbit is not ideal. When we approach Mars, the orbital speed is much higher than in our science orbit and the timing will be difficult to get right. Our aim is to get something – we do our best – and learn from what we get. [...] When should the image be acquired, do we have enough time to rotate the instrument to get the 2nd half of a stereo pair, do we have enough time to get the data out of the instrument before the next image should be acquired? That planning process costs a lot of time and we don’t have many people to help do it. The hard part in MCO is that the speed over the surface at periapsis is much quicker than in the circular orbit so there is a good chance to mess it up. http://nccr-planets.ch/getting-ready-tricky-task/ -------------------- |
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QUOTE (bobik @ Sep 13 2019, 10:28 AM)  Everything except one item is locked until April 2020. -------------------- |
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Habukaz TGO in orbit Nov 2 2016, 05:18 PM
Habukaz First images should be from the Noctis Labyrinthus... Nov 18 2016, 12:22 PM mcaplinger First images: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Sp... Nov 29 2016, 02:24 PM Habukaz Aerobraking complete
Instrument testing starts mi... Feb 21 2018, 10:31 AM
PaulH51 QUOTE (Habukaz @ Feb 21 2018, 06:31 PM) A... Apr 26 2018, 08:25 PM wildespace QUOTE (PaulH51 @ Apr 26 2018, 09:25 PM) T... May 6 2018, 06:28 AM antipode Wow! If that's anything like what we will ... Apr 26 2018, 11:56 PM Phil Stooke Need a TGO-CASSIS image fix? There are 5 here:
h... Jun 29 2018, 06:32 AM bobik At the Tenth Moscow Solar System Symposium project... Oct 10 2019, 06:24 AM bobik During the last MEPAG meeting it was said that the... Apr 19 2020, 08:10 AM bobik It is noticeable that new entries into the Cassis ... Aug 26 2020, 07:15 AM MahFL New gas found in Mars's atmosphere.
https://w... Feb 11 2021, 04:27 PM bobik An intriguing explanation why so few CaSSIS stereo... May 13 2022, 03:13 PM bobik A recent paper (full text available) on CaSSIS sci... May 10 2023, 04:58 PM volcanopele Yep, we are taking 5 stereo images per week to hel... May 10 2023, 07:41 PM |
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