BepiColombo Launch & Cruise Phase |
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BepiColombo Launch & Cruise Phase |
 Oct 17 2018, 03:23 PM
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 Merciless Robot  Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602  |
The adventure is about to begin! We'll discuss it here. Link to ESA coverage, launch currently slated for 20 Oct/0145 UTC.
GO BEPICOLOMBO!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 20 2018, 12:45 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
30 min until ESA feed goes live.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 20 2018, 12:53 AM
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 IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2257 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
A very interesting followup to the Messenger mission. It's past midnight where I live but I'm finding it impossible to go to sleep until I've seen the launch...
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Oct 20 2018, 01:16 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Should be a fascinating mission.
T- 30 min now, feed is live! 
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 20 2018, 01:47 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
GO!!!!!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 20 2018, 01:52 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2257 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
WOW!!!
So far so good. |
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Oct 20 2018, 02:13 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Spacecraft separation.
Thread title edited to reflect the fact that they're on their way. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 20 2018, 02:27 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2257 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
It's alive!! Signal acquisition!
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Oct 20 2018, 02:50 AM
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 Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Oct 20 2018, 03:27 AM)  It's alive!! Signal acquisition! Awesome, missed the launch as I had to deal with a work problem. |
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Oct 20 2018, 03:00 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2115 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Solar arrays deployed!
And a day later, first images from the engineering cameras! http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/20...mage_from_space |
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Oct 21 2018, 07:52 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8790 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Antenna deployment images.
Think we're likely to see some extraordinarily cool selfies at Mercury (and perhaps during the Earth and Venus flybys as well.)
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 21 2018, 09:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89 |
Only the engineering cameras will be active during the flybys...when the enter orbit around Mercury in 2025 - this will be the beginning of science with the optical instruments.
Does anyone know the specs of the camera/lenses used with the science cameras? |
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Oct 22 2018, 12:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1078 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
QUOTE (Roby72 @ Oct 21 2018, 05:21 PM) Only the engineering cameras will be active during the flybys...when the enter orbit around Mercury in 2025 - this will be the beginning of science with the optical instruments. Does anyone know the specs of the camera/lenses used with the science cameras? Some information here. |
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Oct 26 2018, 12:18 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 998 Joined: 15-June 09 From: Lisbon, Portugal Member No.: 4824 |
BepiColombo continues to fare well. The magnetometer boom deployed correctly, as seen in this animated gif, and first measurements of the local magnetic field have been made.
Fernando |
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Dec 5 2018, 03:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 998 Joined: 15-June 09 From: Lisbon, Portugal Member No.: 4824 |
The testing of BepiColombo's four electric propulsion thrusters went well, as reported by ESA here.
This was a critical procedure that had to be executed during a window when the spacecraft was continuously in full view of the ground antennas. The first thrust arc will begin in mid-December. The above mentioned article also contains a short movie of BepiColombo's seven year journey to Mercury, highlighting all the gravity assist planetary encounters. |
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