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djellison
post Jul 4 2005, 04:52 AM
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Well - impactor TCM 1 went well - <0.3% error and it's on course for a nominal impact time. PI has suggested that the comet is Banana shaped and we're going to hit the end of it which looks a little triangular ohmy.gif
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post Jul 4 2005, 05:09 AM
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A rather rough and ready HRI picture on NASA TV - looks a bit like a distant startdust image.

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post Jul 4 2005, 05:19 AM
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TCM 2 is in progress - estimated to be 40ish seconds long, be around 2.2m/sec and use around 0.3kg of fuel.

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post Jul 4 2005, 05:20 AM
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Sounds like someone was concerned about microradians being too high, I assume it's a turn rate...


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post Jul 4 2005, 05:21 AM
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Somebody just got up and ran off..."I told you to go to the bathroom before we started!"


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post Jul 4 2005, 05:22 AM
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I assume this is the calculated pointing error for the MRI on the Impactor.

Pictures on NASA TV look amazing from the HRI! Couldnt help myself laughing, there's a great big impact crater like feature just about where the impactor will be targeting smile.gif



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post Jul 4 2005, 05:23 AM
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Figures...Nasa TV is showing images of the HRI. I see a crater!!!

Their lame Deep Impact IMage Viewer doesn't show CRAP.

More like an eggplant than a pickle..


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post Jul 4 2005, 05:24 AM
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Did I get that right? They're doing (near) real-time deconvolve?

..... >6Kg fuel remains, plenty for final targeting.
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post Jul 4 2005, 05:28 AM
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Yep. On their laptops, no less. I guess Mike's comment that it would take 2 days is a bit of a schedule stretch. Then again their quick & dirty deconvolve might not be as good as a take your time Dc.


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post Jul 4 2005, 05:31 AM
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Yup "Two days"...lmfao - 60 seconds smile.gif

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post Jul 4 2005, 05:36 AM
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holy...I thought the tv camera defocused, but those were actual HRI raw images deconvolved real-time!?! Those raw images looked like crap...


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post Jul 4 2005, 05:36 AM
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For those with access - Sky News is carrying NTV as one of their multi-screen feeds

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post Jul 4 2005, 05:38 AM
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Last TCM calculations suggest again, 2ish m/sec

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post Jul 4 2005, 05:39 AM
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Final ITM (ITM 3) occurs in <3 min. As I understand it, on board autonav targeting data indicates agreement with ground track (radio) data is within <1Km....

I have to say this is considerably more exciting than I had expected. smile.gif
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post Jul 4 2005, 05:44 AM
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"Near real time" my butt. The Image Viewer is a waste of bandwidth.


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