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 Dec 6 2010, 01:14 AM
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AKATSUKI ready for orbit injection
The Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" shifted its attitude at 7:50 a.m. on December 6 to be ready for Venus orbit insertion at 8:49 a.m. on December 7. On the 7th, we will hold some events to support the AKATSUKI orbit injection. We plan to run the "Venus arrival live broadcast" featuring the AKTSUKI and show the scene of the AKATSUKI Control Room" at a public viewing site. Please come and join the injection moment. (* All time and dates are Japan Standard Time.) http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/topics_e.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Dec 6 2010, 10:01 PM
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-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 6 2010, 10:03 PM
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A little less than 2 hrs to go.
Go, Akatsuki! |
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Dec 6 2010, 10:09 PM
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From their twitter:
"[From Akatsuki Team] For Orbit insertion forty-nine past eleven p.m. Burn at UT, we confirmed Have LATCH Valve is opened." -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 6 2010, 10:30 PM
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Just for statistics: if successful, Akatsuki will become the eighth Venus orbiter, after 4 Soviet ones, 2 US and 1 European.
Remarkably, no Venus orbiter has ever failed before reaching the planet, unlike the many (10) lost Mars orbiters |
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Dec 6 2010, 10:56 PM
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Akatsuki begins its orbit insertion burn around Venus in less than an hour. Hopefully everything goes smooth!
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Dec 6 2010, 11:19 PM
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There is now audio on the stream.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 6 2010, 11:57 PM
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Aargh! I can't get the stream here at work. Is the burn going OK?
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Dec 7 2010, 12:00 AM
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I'm getting a stream but it's extremely choppy. There's no English translation available but there has been a couple episodes of clapping.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 7 2010, 12:11 AM
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Well the burn should be over now. We'll just assume that the clapping is a good sign that Akatsuki is now a satellite of Venus.
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Dec 7 2010, 12:12 AM
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They should be coming out of comm blackout now.
We'll know soon. -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 7 2010, 12:13 AM
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Hungry, are you using the same link you posted for the stream? I can't get it to load at all.
-------------------- 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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Dec 7 2010, 12:18 AM
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Yes.
They were supposed to regain contact with the spacecraft seven minutes ago. I haven't seen any applause or cheering (though granted the stream does suck.) -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 7 2010, 12:25 AM
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Ah--thanks. Looking forward to updates, will watch this topic closely...looks like it'll be the only near-RT info source available in English.
-------------------- 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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Dec 7 2010, 12:30 AM
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Afraid there's not much to say at the moment...
A lot of people looking at their monitors. Others looking at graphs projected onto the wall. No one looks particularly amused. -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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