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post Nov 15 2005, 02:13 PM
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The first spacecraft designed to capture 3-D "stereo" views of the sun and solar wind have been shipped from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md., for their next round of pre-launch tests.

http://www.stereo.jhuapl.edu/
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post Jun 9 2006, 08:59 PM
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STATUS REPORT: ELV-060906

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory)
Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II
Launch Date: July 22, 2006
Launch Times: 3:11 - 3:13 p.m. and 4:19 - 4:34 p.m. EDT

Testing and prelaunch processing of STEREO continue on schedule. Deep
Space Network spacecraft compatibility testing is under way. Launch
and mission simulation exercises are also being performed. Upcoming
next week is further thermal blanket installation and preparations
for attaching the solar arrays. STEREO is scheduled to be transported
to Launch Complex 17 on July 11 to be mated to the Boeing Delta II
rocket.

The first stage of the Delta II rocket at Pad 17-B was erected on June
2. The first of three sets of three solid rocket boosters were
attached on June 5. At this time, the Delta II second stage is
scheduled to be hoisted into position and mated to the first stage on
June 20. The crew will raise the 10-foot fairing into the pad clean
room on June 21.

For information about the STEREO mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stereo

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launch...ets/status/2006


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post Jul 3 2006, 02:18 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jun 9 2006, 04:59 PM) *
For information about the STEREO mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stereo

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launch...ets/status/2006


Or:
http://stereo.jhuapl.edu/

APL (a lab of Johns Hopkins University) designed and built the two spacecraft. An interesting side note, they carry very similar RAD 750 based electronics to the MESSENGER mission (also built by APL), except that they are single-string and don't have MESSENGER's Fault Protection Processor.
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QUOTE (disownedsky @ Jul 3 2006, 03:18 PM) *
they carry very similar RAD 750 based electronics to the MESSENGER mission (also built by APL), except that they are single-string and don't have MESSENGER's Fault Protection Processor.


MER like redundency in that there's two spacecraft I suppose.

Looking at the Orbit sims (and I'm not sure how accurate they are w.r.t. SKM's or TCM's ) - by something like 2010, they'll be on opposite sides of the sun from one another, and by 2012 - they'll be in almost 120 degree seperation around the sun, with the Earth at the third point, abnd by 2014, they'd overtake one another not far from a solar conjunction smile.gif ...now THAT is looking in Stereo smile.gif

I'm looking forward to the imagery - approx 3x better resolution than SOHO's imagers.

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- Sunspot   Stereo   Nov 15 2005, 02:13 PM
- - BPCooper   And the launch has now been postponed to May 26.   Nov 23 2005, 10:05 PM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (BPCooper @ Nov 23 2005, 05:05 PM)And t...   Jan 31 2006, 10:05 PM
|- - BPCooper   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jan 31 2006, 06:05 PM)La...   Feb 1 2006, 02:37 AM
|- - ToSeek   I supported the STEREO mission for a while. One of...   Feb 1 2006, 08:20 PM
- - Sunspot   I hope they will allow public access to the images...   Feb 1 2006, 08:23 PM
- - jamescanvin   I've seen some simulations of the data expecte...   Feb 1 2006, 11:34 PM
|- - BPCooper   Looks like launch of STEREO has been pushed back a...   Feb 23 2006, 04:41 PM
- - ljk4-1   NASA STEREO Arrives in Florida to Begin Launch Pre...   May 4 2006, 03:31 PM
- - ljk4-1   05.12.06 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washing...   May 12 2006, 04:33 PM
- - ljk4-1   05.19.06 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washing...   May 19 2006, 05:08 PM
- - ljk4-1   06.09.06 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, F...   Jun 9 2006, 08:59 PM
|- - disownedsky   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jun 9 2006, 04:59 PM...   Jul 3 2006, 02:18 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (disownedsky @ Jul 3 2006, 03:18 PM...   Jul 3 2006, 02:31 PM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 3 2006, 10:31 AM) ...   Jul 3 2006, 03:00 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 3 2006, 09:31 AM) ...   Jul 3 2006, 03:47 PM
- - djellison   STEREO footage via the KSC Video Feeds... http://...   Jul 2 2006, 04:28 PM
- - djellison   True - but you still get 'something', even...   Jul 3 2006, 03:19 PM
- - djellison   Yup - two spacecraft launched together that separa...   Jul 3 2006, 03:58 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 3 2006, 10:58 AM) ...   Jul 3 2006, 04:35 PM
- - bdunford   According to the updated STEREO site, the launch i...   Jul 13 2006, 03:14 PM
- - BPCooper   Off to the next window, August 20th.   Jul 18 2006, 03:36 PM
|- - bdunford   Your photography is stunning. Very slick work.   Jul 18 2006, 03:42 PM
- - BPCooper   Thanks... Aug 31 at the earliest now as they chec...   Jul 28 2006, 09:20 PM
|- - BPCooper   Once again postponed, STEREO is now slated for the...   Aug 21 2006, 11:02 PM
- - BPCooper   Yet again: STATUS REPORT: ELV-090106 Expendab...   Sep 2 2006, 04:48 PM
- - RNeuhaus   Another problem that Stereo spacecraft is facing: ...   Sep 4 2006, 06:53 PM
|- - BPCooper   Thought I would post the reminder that the STEREO ...   Oct 22 2006, 02:30 AM
- - edstrick   There will be a pre-launch briefing on Stereo: htt...   Oct 22 2006, 10:50 AM
- - RNeuhaus   There will be three months so they will be flying ...   Oct 23 2006, 02:34 AM
|- - mars loon   T-4 minutes from launch as the last hurdles (conce...   Oct 26 2006, 12:49 AM
- - jabe   Can't wait for the first pictures.. tha animat...   Oct 26 2006, 01:25 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (jabe @ Oct 26 2006, 02:25 AM) Can...   Oct 26 2006, 01:37 AM
|- - mars loon   Launch Success: The STEREO Spacecraft have seperat...   Oct 26 2006, 01:40 AM
- - Sunspot   http://stereo.jhuapl.edu/ Watching the live strea...   Oct 26 2006, 01:57 AM
|- - Sunspot   http://secchi.nrl.navy.mil/index.php?p=DataAnalysi...   Oct 26 2006, 09:32 AM
|- - pjm   Afternoon all, I've managed to catch the X-Ba...   Oct 26 2006, 04:37 PM
|- - BPCooper   Here's a couple of time-lapse photos: http://...   Oct 26 2006, 05:44 PM
- - deglr6328   Are there any stereo websites that uh, don't s...   Oct 27 2006, 05:12 AM
- - Sunspot   http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/main/inde...   Oct 27 2006, 11:00 AM
- - deglr6328   Yeah but that's what I mean. I visited all tho...   Oct 28 2006, 09:24 AM
|- - helvick   The SECCHI HI instruments have a 2kx2k CCD (page 5...   Oct 28 2006, 01:27 PM
|- - Airbag   All kinds of low-level mission info at: http://st...   Oct 30 2006, 06:19 PM
- - IM4   no updates in this topic since october, but actual...   Dec 10 2006, 11:11 AM
- - Sunspot   The website here doesn't seem to have been upd...   Dec 10 2006, 11:16 AM
- - Airbag   By the way, looks like the spacecraft have just ha...   Dec 18 2006, 04:46 PM
- - djellison   That's the first lunar flyby - B is now on its...   Dec 18 2006, 05:03 PM
- - edstrick   Somewhere in their page is a link to an approximat...   Dec 19 2006, 09:11 AM
- - Sunspot   http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/new.shtml   Dec 19 2006, 09:22 AM
- - Phil Stooke   First pics: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ste...   Dec 19 2006, 07:44 PM
- - Sunspot   Wonderful images, i'm really excited about thi...   Dec 19 2006, 09:25 PM
- - deglr6328   ohh tif files!(??) convenient! anyway, ...   Dec 20 2006, 01:00 AM
- - Sunspot   You can resize the red 304A TIFF up to 1800 x 1800...   Dec 20 2006, 10:21 AM
- - Sunspot   http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/ Can anyone acc...   Jan 6 2007, 04:55 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jan 6 2007, 08:55 AM) ht...   Jan 6 2007, 05:14 PM
- - Sunspot   The other STEREO websites are very outdated in ter...   Jan 6 2007, 05:42 PM
- - Sunspot   There appear to be images from STEREO posted now, ...   Jan 7 2007, 01:16 AM
- - jamescanvin   I can't seem to get to the data atm (only the ...   Jan 7 2007, 04:48 AM
- - Sunspot   Both the SOHO and STEREO sites are appear to be do...   Jan 7 2007, 09:40 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jan 7 2007, 09:40 AM) Bo...   Jan 7 2007, 05:50 PM
- - Sunspot   The websites are back up if anyone wants to take a...   Jan 7 2007, 10:12 PM
- - jamescanvin   I just had a look. But then I noticed this: QUOTE...   Jan 7 2007, 11:44 PM
- - Sunspot   But I managed to download a file but haven't f...   Jan 8 2007, 12:16 AM
- - jamescanvin   Yep I can download the files as well, but I don...   Jan 8 2007, 12:24 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Jan 8 2007, 12:24 AM...   Jan 17 2007, 01:04 PM
- - Sunspot   What program did you use to open it with?   Jan 8 2007, 12:27 AM
- - jamescanvin   Well I used AIPS - but that's because I'm ...   Jan 8 2007, 12:44 AM
- - Sunspot   Im using Windows Millenium Edition lol I found FI...   Jan 8 2007, 12:56 AM
- - Indian3000   a small animation - Spacecraft A - Day 2007/01/...   Jan 8 2007, 08:19 PM
|- - helvick   Oooh that's sweet. I think I'm really goin...   Jan 8 2007, 08:23 PM
- - Indian3000   here a small video ( Xvid codec requis ) - Spacec...   Jan 8 2007, 09:01 PM
- - Indian3000   a quick composition with filter 171,195,304. i ...   Jan 8 2007, 09:21 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (Indian3000 @ Jan 8 2007, 10:21 PM)...   Jan 9 2007, 06:38 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   Anybody know if Stereo will be able to see comets ...   Jan 9 2007, 08:47 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 9 2007, 08:47 AM) A...   Jan 17 2007, 02:04 PM
- - edstrick   They're not far from the earth-sun line, and S...   Jan 9 2007, 08:51 AM
- - Airbag   Talking about STEREO and comets passing the sun......   Jan 12 2007, 05:32 PM
- - edstrick   It's unfortunate that McNaught was too early f...   Jan 18 2007, 11:34 AM
- - djellison   Wow...just wow. Date, Spacecraft and Instrument al...   Jan 19 2007, 01:14 AM
- - djellison   This is from A on the 5th   Jan 19 2007, 12:40 PM
- - fredk   This imagery is incredible - I'm drowning in 3...   Jan 22 2007, 12:14 AM
- - fredk   Here's one uncompressed frame from the above a...   Jan 22 2007, 12:30 AM
- - fredk   Another animation, this time with all 12 frames fr...   Jan 22 2007, 03:06 AM
- - Tman   Wow!!! Like eagle wings on their way t...   Jan 22 2007, 04:53 PM
- - Sunspot   Looking at filenames - how do we tell which are th...   Jan 24 2007, 11:21 PM
- - djellison   Beautiful anims Fred - what did you use for manipu...   Jan 24 2007, 11:29 PM
- - fredk   Thanks, Doug - I used ImageJ. I ain't no imag...   Jan 25 2007, 02:56 AM
- - scalbers   I see there are also some movies at this URL: htt...   Jan 27 2007, 09:12 PM
- - Sunspot   Does anyone know whether STEREO will have a simila...   Mar 7 2007, 11:12 AM
- - djellison   They are already releasing stuff very rapidly - bu...   Mar 7 2007, 11:13 AM
- - deglr6328   well it's over a year and a half later now, wh...   Oct 14 2008, 08:05 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 14 2008, 08:05 AM)...   Nov 30 2008, 05:49 PM
- - djellison   What's the problem? http://secchi.nrl.navy.m...   Nov 30 2008, 06:05 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 30 2008, 07:05 PM)...   Dec 1 2008, 03:40 PM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 1 2008, 03:40 PM) I...   Dec 1 2008, 07:11 PM
- - djellison   What do you want, a medal for complaining about so...   Dec 1 2008, 08:03 PM
- - OWW   There's also a difference between getting a me...   Dec 6 2008, 10:51 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (OWW @ Dec 6 2008, 10:51 AM) what...   Dec 6 2008, 10:58 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 6 2008, 10:58 AM) ...   Dec 6 2008, 02:15 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Let's all take a deep breath and pretend this ...   Dec 6 2008, 04:55 PM
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