Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
 Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
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I thought it was time to start a separate thread on this mission, launching soon
some good medium-resolution images of the spacecraft are available on JAXA digital archives http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p3_e.php?time=N&...mp;mission=4066 |
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Paolo Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
punkboi Weather forecast to be bleak for pretty much this ... May 17 2010, 09:45 PM nprev Read my mind, PB; I was just editing my post to as... May 17 2010, 09:48 PM
tedstryk Glad they scrubbed it. Eli's exploding diaper... May 17 2010, 09:50 PM punkboi The weather at Tanegashima probably won't be i... May 17 2010, 09:54 PM punkboi NEW LAUNCH DATE SET: May 21 at 6:58:22 AM, Japan T... May 18 2010, 06:03 AM brellis I'd rather see a scrubbed launch than a failed... May 18 2010, 03:38 PM ugordan QUOTE (brellis @ May 18 2010, 05:38 PM) W... May 18 2010, 05:48 PM punkboi H-2A at the pad once more.. May 20 2010, 07:10 AM punkboi Congrats to JAXA for the successful launch of Akat... May 21 2010, 12:42 AM punkboi Initial Operation Result of
the Venus Climate Orb... May 22 2010, 06:08 AM punkboi 'First Light' images taken of Earth with A... May 23 2010, 02:23 AM Paolo some updates on Unitec http://sites.google.com/sit... May 23 2010, 09:38 PM punkboi IKAROS moves to Verification Experiment Phase
May... May 25 2010, 06:21 AM Paolo Latest UNITEC status update:
QUOTE We haven't... May 26 2010, 04:47 AM 4th rock from the sun Here's a composite of the 3 first light images... May 26 2010, 10:47 AM Stu QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ May 26 2010, 1... May 26 2010, 10:58 AM punkboi I'm reading elsewhere that radio contact has b... May 26 2010, 08:58 PM punkboi IKAROS Update:
-IKAROS is 2,266,103 miles (3,646,... May 31 2010, 02:19 AM punkboi New images taken by IKAROS...showing the four tip ... May 31 2010, 06:41 PM Paolo punkboi, it looks like we posted the same link in ... May 31 2010, 06:51 PM punkboi More images taken by IKAROS. Official first stage... Jun 2 2010, 07:03 PM Hungry4info "One of the three missing minisatellites dete... Jun 2 2010, 10:25 PM Paolo This is interesting: studies have been carried out... Jun 5 2010, 01:37 PM punkboi I would assume that the secondary payload they... Jun 5 2010, 05:20 PM Paolo If I understand correctly this JAXA release (in Ja... Jul 6 2010, 05:33 PM Paolo JAXA has released some stellar calibration images ... Oct 23 2010, 08:17 AM Paolo two interesting-looking pages on Akatsuki telecomm... Nov 13 2010, 06:11 PM punkboi Date of AKATSUKI injection to Venus orbit
http://... Nov 19 2010, 08:51 PM rlorenz QUOTE (punkboi @ Nov 19 2010, 03:51 PM) W... Nov 25 2010, 02:16 PM Paolo from the latest ESA bulletin (published online yes... Nov 25 2010, 05:52 PM punkboi AKATSUKI ready for orbit injection
The Venus Clim... Dec 6 2010, 01:14 AM Hungry4info Something has started here. Akatsuki-related? Dec 6 2010, 10:01 PM Ron Hobbs A little less than 2 hrs to go.
Go, Akatsuki... Dec 6 2010, 10:03 PM Hungry4info From their twitter:
"[From Akatsuki Team] For... Dec 6 2010, 10:09 PM Paolo Just for statistics: if successful, Akatsuki will ... Dec 6 2010, 10:30 PM punkboi Akatsuki begins its orbit insertion burn around Ve... Dec 6 2010, 10:56 PM Hungry4info There is now audio on the stream. Dec 6 2010, 11:19 PM Ron Hobbs Aargh! I can't get the stream here at work... Dec 6 2010, 11:57 PM Hungry4info I'm getting a stream but it's extremely ch... Dec 7 2010, 12:00 AM Ron Hobbs Well the burn should be over now. We'll just a... Dec 7 2010, 12:11 AM Hungry4info They should be coming out of comm blackout now.
We... Dec 7 2010, 12:12 AM nprev Hungry, are you using the same link you posted for... Dec 7 2010, 12:13 AM Hungry4info Yes.
They were supposed to regain contact with th... Dec 7 2010, 12:18 AM nprev Ah--thanks. Looking forward to updates, will watch... Dec 7 2010, 12:25 AM Hungry4info Afraid there's not much to say at the moment..... Dec 7 2010, 12:30 AM Hungry4info May have heard some clapping. (again, with the way... Dec 7 2010, 12:32 AM Sunspot Shouldn't we have heard something by now? Dec 7 2010, 12:32 AM Hungry4info I don't know what this is but it is being pres... Dec 7 2010, 12:33 AM Sunspot aahhh haaaa the stream is working
Kind of lol Dec 7 2010, 12:35 AM Hungry4info If his pen marks the position of the spacecraft, t... Dec 7 2010, 12:40 AM nprev Blast and damn, I can't get the stream to work... Dec 7 2010, 12:42 AM Hungry4info They showed a visually impressive demonstration of... Dec 7 2010, 12:45 AM punkboi Communications currently interrupted with the spac... Dec 7 2010, 12:48 AM Hungry4info That's a comforting explanation. Dec 7 2010, 12:51 AM Sunspot The twitter feed hasnt been updated for an hour. Dec 7 2010, 12:52 AM Hungry4info Important? Dec 7 2010, 01:01 AM Hungry4info A significant amount of clapping... probably becau... Dec 7 2010, 01:02 AM nprev My wife's translation of the sign: "Akats... Dec 7 2010, 01:11 AM Hungry4info My sincerest thanks for your wife's translatio... Dec 7 2010, 01:14 AM nprev She said "you're welcome".
The l... Dec 7 2010, 01:19 AM marsbug So do I - I have to get to bed....good luck Akatsu... Dec 7 2010, 01:19 AM Ron Hobbs Me too! I've got my fingers crossed. Dec 7 2010, 01:19 AM Bjorn Jonsson I really should have gone to bed some time ago but... Dec 7 2010, 01:23 AM Hungry4info Finally, new tweets at Akatsuki_JAXA (link)
QUOTE ... Dec 7 2010, 01:27 AM punkboi Emily posted a helpful chart showing the timeline ... Dec 7 2010, 01:31 AM Hungry4info From cosmos4u:
QUOTE Apparently http://twitpic.com... Dec 7 2010, 01:32 AM Hungry4info This url (a translated twitter...) shows some inte... Dec 7 2010, 01:39 AM punkboi New Tweet from @Akatsuki_JAXA: [More] Sagamihara o... Dec 7 2010, 02:04 AM nprev My wife's translation of the most recent tweet... Dec 7 2010, 02:05 AM Ron Hobbs Spaceflight Now is reporting the "mission... Dec 7 2010, 04:36 AM Hungry4info Indeed, same from cosmos4u.
QUOTE According to htt... Dec 7 2010, 04:51 AM punkboi Not hearing good news
--Akatsuki ending press co... Dec 7 2010, 05:29 AM nprev PB, do you have the link to the original Japanese ... Dec 7 2010, 05:35 AM punkboi EDIT: Nevermind, Hungry beat me to it Dec 7 2010, 05:37 AM Hungry4info http://twitter.com/koumeishibata Dec 7 2010, 05:36 AM nprev Der. I should've figured that out on my own, h... Dec 7 2010, 05:46 AM Hungry4info From Akatsuki_JAXA
QUOTE "[More] Sagamihara ... Dec 7 2010, 07:24 AM Paolo while awaiting for some news, the Japanese Akatsuk... Dec 7 2010, 08:26 AM ngunn Not sure if this adds anything to info already pos... Dec 7 2010, 11:03 AM marsbug The impression i'm getting from the various tw... Dec 7 2010, 01:46 PM marsbug koumeiShibata tweet seems to be reporting an inter... Dec 7 2010, 02:05 PM marsbug From the above link: QUOTE The press conference is... Dec 7 2010, 02:22 PM nprev My wife just looked over the latest tweets, and no... Dec 7 2010, 04:46 PM elakdawalla Nick, if Kay is available, it would be lovely to g... Dec 7 2010, 05:16 PM nprev Good timing; she was right here! Here it is, w... Dec 7 2010, 05:30 PM peter59 KYODO NEWS - JAXA unable to confirm space probe Ak... Dec 7 2010, 05:50 PM nprev Emily's got the definitive summary. The spacec... Dec 7 2010, 06:11 PM djellison If they're only getting 40s per 10 mins - that... Dec 7 2010, 07:19 PM Hungry4info Apparently, a JAXA news conference is about to beg... Dec 8 2010, 01:58 AM Hungry4info QUOTE # Akatsuki As reported yesterday that Onoda,... Dec 8 2010, 02:11 AM punkboi It's Nozomi all over again... Dec 8 2010, 02:15 AM Explorer1 My thoughts exactly, but as long as the orbit cros... Dec 8 2010, 02:24 AM Hungry4info Wow much better source
here. Dec 8 2010, 02:25 AM Hungry4info New flight plan. Dec 8 2010, 05:50 AM elakdawalla I wonder what, if anything, they can do with the s... Dec 8 2010, 06:29 AM Hungry4info From cosmos4u's twitter
QUOTE There is some sc... Dec 8 2010, 06:32 AM Explorer1 A strange anecdote:
It was just a couple of days a... Dec 8 2010, 06:35 AM eoincampbell Thank you all for pointing us to the blogs and new... Dec 8 2010, 06:40 AM ZLD I don't mean to be too critical because space ... Dec 8 2010, 07:20 AM Paolo Shin'en failed the day after launch.
My idea i... Dec 8 2010, 07:47 AM  |
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