IKAROS JAXA Solar Sail mission |
IKAROS JAXA Solar Sail mission |
 Mar 29 2010, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE (Vultur @ Mar 28 2010, 10:09 PM)  IKAROS sounds really cool, is there any website to find more info on it? Project Page: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/ikaros/index_e.html Photos: http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p3_e.php?mode=level...mp;mission=9095 Description Page: http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/activity/ikaros.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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punkboi IKAROS JAXA Solar Sail mission Mar 29 2010, 07:19 PM
ngunn See here for an interesting idea
http://www.unmann... Jun 8 2010, 03:28 PM elakdawalla Lou said in an update from Japan that IKAROS does ... Jun 8 2010, 06:32 PM
ugordan Yup, particularly the unbearably bright part. Reme... Jun 8 2010, 06:46 PM
Norm Hartnett QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 8 2010, 10:32 AM... Jun 8 2010, 07:04 PM Hungry4info Not sure how to interpret it, but at the IKAROS tw... Jun 8 2010, 07:53 PM elakdawalla I saw that, but thought it just meant that it was ... Jun 8 2010, 08:16 PM punkboi Second stage sail deployment is scheduled to take ... Jun 9 2010, 05:38 AM gilster QUOTE (punkboi @ Jun 9 2010, 12:38 AM) Se... Jun 9 2010, 01:30 PM Norm Hartnett Hum, the latest (6/9 @ 17:33) post on the blog ind... Jun 9 2010, 01:31 PM gilster QUOTE (Norm Hartnett @ Jun 9 2010, 08:31 ... Jun 9 2010, 02:00 PM marsbug The planetary society blog has a nicer (and I hope... Jun 9 2010, 02:46 PM Norm Hartnett QUOTE (marsbug @ Jun 9 2010, 06:46 AM) Th... Jun 9 2010, 03:12 PM Hungry4info A google translation of the most recent IKAROS blo... Jun 9 2010, 04:15 PM elakdawalla Here's a much better translation of that photo... Jun 9 2010, 05:54 PM Hungry4info From the IKAROS blog via Google translator.
QUOTE... Jun 10 2010, 09:15 PM Hungry4info Success.
From the IKAROS blog.
QUOTE Japan Aeros... Jun 11 2010, 03:28 AM nprev Emily reports that the sail is fully deployed ... Jun 11 2010, 05:29 AM punkboi All that needs to be done now is for IKAROS to dep... Jun 11 2010, 05:54 AM Astro0 Can't wait for the images from the free floati... Jun 11 2010, 11:41 AM punkboi I hope they deploy that free-floating camera soon.... Jun 12 2010, 06:19 PM Hungry4info Anyone notice the IKAROS twitter profile pic keeps... Jun 13 2010, 05:10 AM nprev Why would it be getting sadder? Is something not g... Jun 13 2010, 05:39 AM punkboi Maybe it's getting sadder 'cause it knows ... Jun 13 2010, 05:43 AM nprev Mmm...close! According to my wife, the latest ... Jun 13 2010, 06:02 AM punkboi IKAROS has stopped crying...while Akatsuki has bee... Jun 13 2010, 04:28 PM punkboi Looks like the first of two free-floating cameras ... Jun 14 2010, 07:51 AM Spin0 Seems free-floating DCAM2 has been released and th... Jun 14 2010, 08:45 AM punkboi Darn it. For some odd reason my Google toolbar wo... Jun 14 2010, 07:31 PM Tom Tamlyn Great picture of the fully deployed sail here (in ... Jun 16 2010, 02:09 AM pandaneko QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Jun 16 2010, 11:09 AM... Jun 30 2010, 01:53 PM JimOberg To continue this line of thought:
What is the pos... Jul 2 2010, 02:40 PM gwiz QUOTE (JimOberg @ Jul 2 2010, 03:40 PM) T... Jul 3 2010, 09:39 AM nprev I've been wondering how long they'll stay ... Jun 16 2010, 02:18 AM punkboi Naw, the cameras don't have attitude control..... Jun 16 2010, 04:08 AM nprev Oh, okay, I get it now: The camera's actually ... Jun 16 2010, 04:28 AM Norm Hartnett Hopefully some kind person here will be willing an... Jun 16 2010, 03:48 PM ugordan QUOTE (Norm Hartnett @ Jun 16 2010, 05:48... Jun 16 2010, 05:39 PM punkboi QUOTE (Norm Hartnett @ Jun 16 2010, 08:48... Jun 16 2010, 06:52 PM fredk This is just a complete guess, but I would think t... Jun 16 2010, 05:37 PM Schillrich Hello,
I once found one abstract on the project ... Jun 16 2010, 05:45 PM Paolo QUOTE (Schillrich @ Jun 16 2010, 07:45 PM... Jun 16 2010, 05:58 PM Schillrich I also came to that conclusion. But would that mea... Jun 16 2010, 06:03 PM Norm Hartnett Thanks punkboi, Schillrich, ugordan, and fredk, it... Jun 16 2010, 11:44 PM punkboi IKAROS' spin rate has decreased from 2.5 rpm t... Jun 17 2010, 06:27 PM Schillrich Actually I understand it that way that it was decr... Jun 17 2010, 07:28 PM punkboi Heh, that's what I meant. I worded it wrong Jun 17 2010, 08:41 PM punkboi Hm. I thought DCAM1 was already jettisoned... I g... Jun 18 2010, 06:43 PM BrianJ Thanks ngunn, norm and Tolis (and everyone else) f... Jun 19 2010, 10:18 AM Paolo From what I understand of the Google translation o... Jun 20 2010, 11:14 AM djellison I would imagine the batteries last far longer than... Jun 20 2010, 04:52 PM punkboi A previous IKAROS blog stated that the DCAM batter... Jun 20 2010, 05:25 PM brellis 15 minutes of fame Jun 21 2010, 02:47 AM Paolo First picture from DCAM1 released! http://www.... Jun 21 2010, 04:51 PM Norm Hartnett According to today's blog post (6/22) they are... Jun 22 2010, 01:32 AM punkboi DCAM1 images finally released
http://www.jspec.ja... Jun 28 2010, 08:17 AM punkboi http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html
July 9, 2010 Upda... Jul 9 2010, 07:12 PM elakdawalla There's much more info in the Japanese version... Jul 9 2010, 07:26 PM Paolo At last a release in English: http://www.jaxa.jp/p... Jul 13 2010, 11:46 AM Paolo Meanwhile, IKAROS is also doing some science. Ther... Jul 14 2010, 08:54 AM Norm Hartnett Some gems about the possible future of IKAROS from... Jul 19 2010, 01:18 AM Paolo Apparently the solar radiation pressure attitude c... Jul 23 2010, 05:18 AM Norm Hartnett Solar Distance : 1.05AU
Earth Distance : 26105537k... Jul 31 2010, 06:30 PM punkboi According to this animated image, IKAROS will arri... Aug 26 2010, 07:51 AM Norm Hartnett 8 / 26 IKAROS
Solar Distance : 1.00AU
Earth Distan... Aug 27 2010, 01:34 AM Norm Hartnett QUOTE Soon , no communication zone . Set IKAROS au... Sep 9 2010, 07:00 PM elakdawalla I actually just sent an email to a Japanese contac... Sep 9 2010, 07:06 PM elakdawalla Aha, it's not as bad as it seems. The problem... Sep 9 2010, 10:22 PM Norm Hartnett Thanks Ms. E.
I was pretty sure that things were... Sep 10 2010, 05:50 AM Norm Hartnett QUOTE In today's operation , IKAROS able to su... Sep 19 2010, 05:03 PM Paolo The October issue of the French magazine "l... Oct 10 2010, 04:11 PM djellison Good old Amatuer DSN guys. There's a ham radi... Oct 10 2010, 04:57 PM Paolo A report by the French radio ham is available here Oct 11 2010, 05:35 PM Norm Hartnett IKAROS has spin up today. This is a very long time... Oct 18 2010, 04:04 PM Norm Hartnett The IKAROS 11/05
Sun Distance: 0.77AU
Earth Distan... Nov 5 2010, 05:06 PM Paolo while Akatsuki was being recovered, IKAROS also fl... Dec 12 2010, 10:05 PM punkboi Interesting... I thought IKAROS wasn't suppose... Dec 13 2010, 02:19 AM pandaneko I am posing a very stupid question, I think...
Ak... Jan 24 2011, 02:19 PM gwiz They passed Venus at very different distances, whi... Jan 24 2011, 03:04 PM Gsnorgathon In addition, Ikaros has only engineering cameras d... Jan 24 2011, 08:45 PM Hungry4info Akatsuki should cast a shadow, having IKAROS close... Jan 24 2011, 11:25 PM djellison You can't be serious H4I, Ikaros and Akatsuk... Jan 25 2011, 12:43 AM Hungry4info Oh I know. I thought it was understood we were jus... Jan 25 2011, 01:31 AM Gsnorgathon I was thinking that it would make a great demonstr... Jan 25 2011, 10:44 PM pandaneko QUOTE (Gsnorgathon @ Jan 26 2011, 07:44 A... Jan 26 2011, 12:51 PM punkboi IKAROS took this self-portrait with Venus in the b... Jan 26 2011, 07:44 PM elakdawalla Based on @ikaroskun's tweets I'm pretty su... Jan 26 2011, 08:23 PM pandaneko QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 27 2011, 05:23 A... Jan 27 2011, 02:32 PM pandaneko What is to follow from now for some time is my tra... Jan 30 2011, 02:26 PM punkboi Here's a larger version of the IKAROS-Venus pi... Jan 26 2011, 09:46 PM elakdawalla Mine was taken from the press kit too -- I think y... Jan 26 2011, 09:49 PM Paolo can't wait to read the rest of the translation... Jan 30 2011, 02:38 PM pandaneko Page 2: IKAROS report
0: Today's reporting it... Jan 31 2011, 12:53 PM pandaneko Page 3: IKAROS report 4-2
1. Mission objectives a... Jan 31 2011, 01:20 PM pandaneko Page 4:
2: Result confirmation of mission requie... Jan 31 2011, 01:49 PM nprev Pandaneko, by all means please take your time...an... Feb 1 2011, 02:07 AM pandaneko I will start from page 4 again. One thing that bot... Feb 1 2011, 01:11 PM pandaneko Page 5:
2: operational procedures and confirmed r... Feb 2 2011, 09:41 AM  |
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