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KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE)
Rakhir
post Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
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SELENE has now a nickname : KAGUYA.
http://www.jaxa.jp/topics/2007/06_e.html

Edit :
And Emily searched for the origin of the name
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00000996/
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post Oct 9 2007, 01:17 PM
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FYI, I hope this mapping image will help you figure out where Kaguya is smile.gif
Mapping by Prof. Naru Hirata (Aizu Univ.) and article by Shin-ya Matsuura.
http://smatsu.air-nifty.com/lbyd/2007/10/post_38e8.html (Click the image to enlarge)
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- Rakhir   KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE)   Jun 6 2007, 08:29 PM
- - Stephen   QUOTE (Rakhir @ Jun 7 2007, 06:29 AM) SEL...   Jun 7 2007, 02:01 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   Kaguya Approaches Launch By Yasunori Matogawa Jun...   Jun 18 2007, 08:14 PM
- - Zvezdichko   How are they going to insert this into polar orbit...   Jun 25 2007, 03:28 PM
- - mchan   The Moon's gravity can be used to effect the p...   Jun 26 2007, 04:20 AM
- - spdf   Seems like the new launch date is September 13. So...   Jul 28 2007, 10:49 PM
- - elakdawalla   Is there a source somewhere on the Internet for th...   Jul 29 2007, 01:32 AM
- - spdf   sorry I forgot: for the September 13 date: http://...   Jul 29 2007, 03:35 AM
- - nop   http://msdb.honeywell-tsi.com/missioninfo....n=SEL...   Jul 30 2007, 11:51 AM
- - monitorlizard   The nice thing about lunar missions is that if you...   Jul 31 2007, 08:30 AM
- - elakdawalla   Lots of photos of Kaguya being prepped for launch:...   Sep 11 2007, 05:09 AM
- - GravityWaves   It will be delayed by a day due to bad weather, ne...   Sep 11 2007, 10:10 AM
- - punkboi   A little more than 5 hours before launch... Godspe...   Sep 13 2007, 07:48 PM
- - Zvezdichko   Rock the Moon and roll to Mars This message may ...   Sep 13 2007, 08:35 PM
- - nprev   I don't suppose anyone knows of a live link fo...   Sep 13 2007, 11:36 PM
- - lyford   http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/live/index_e.html...   Sep 13 2007, 11:39 PM
|- - nprev   ...thanks, Ly, and wouldn't you know it: I jus...   Sep 13 2007, 11:48 PM
|- - nop   QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 14 2007, 08:39 AM) No...   Sep 14 2007, 03:47 PM
- - elakdawalla   It's up! I blogged what I could from the ...   Sep 14 2007, 01:42 AM
- - Airbag   10:20 PM EDT: Payload separation! Airbag   Sep 14 2007, 02:19 AM
- - elakdawalla   ...and that's it for the commentary. Nothing ...   Sep 14 2007, 02:34 AM
- - Airbag   Got to love that low-tech approach to illustrating...   Sep 14 2007, 02:44 AM
- - elakdawalla   That was pretty funny. It was a bit Python-esque ...   Sep 14 2007, 02:54 AM
- - lyford   Anybody know what the little orange bobbing head g...   Sep 14 2007, 04:05 AM
|- - Subaru   QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 14 2007, 01:05 PM) [i...   Sep 14 2007, 08:15 AM
- - Zvezdichko   When are these two orbits going to be completed an...   Sep 14 2007, 09:33 AM
- - Toma B   Is there a replay of that spectacular launch somew...   Sep 14 2007, 10:05 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Yes, it's available on nasaspaceflight.com   Sep 14 2007, 10:14 AM
- - Pedro_Sondas   Hi! This is the video of the JAXA program for...   Sep 14 2007, 10:22 AM
- - SpaceListener   Will Kaguya arrive at Moon within 3 days? Haven...   Sep 14 2007, 02:05 PM
|- - nop   QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Sep 14 2007, 11:05...   Sep 14 2007, 04:08 PM
- - jabe   from Spaceflightnow article QUOTE SELENE will fi...   Sep 14 2007, 03:18 PM
- - SpaceListener   Thanks Nop for good detail. I see that Kaguya wi...   Sep 14 2007, 04:15 PM
|- - Zvezdichko   QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Sep 14 2007, 04:15...   Sep 15 2007, 06:49 AM
- - lyford   thanks nop and subaru for the inside scoop - and ...   Sep 14 2007, 05:09 PM
- - punkboi   QUOTE Will Kaguya arrive at Moon within 3 days? Ha...   Sep 14 2007, 05:24 PM
- - punkboi   HIGH GAIN ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT (In-flight image take...   Sep 15 2007, 04:17 AM
- - ugordan   I expect the images (and HDTV movies) of such scen...   Sep 15 2007, 03:26 PM
- - Zvezdichko   Any news on the first manuevre?   Sep 16 2007, 08:17 AM
|- - nop   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Sep 16 2007, 05:17 PM...   Sep 16 2007, 02:14 PM
- - punkboi   Where is Kaguya? "It is in the position of p...   Sep 17 2007, 05:38 AM
- - volcanopele   nop, do you know if Kaguya will acquire approach i...   Sep 17 2007, 06:08 AM
|- - nop   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 17 2007, 03:08 P...   Sep 17 2007, 02:12 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Do we have any information about end of mission sc...   Sep 17 2007, 08:41 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Sep 17 2007, 10:41 P...   Sep 17 2007, 08:58 PM
- - PhilHorzempa   We are now about 5 days away from LOI for Kaguya. ...   Sep 28 2007, 04:42 PM
|- - jabe   QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ Sep 28 2007, 04:42 ...   Sep 29 2007, 12:43 AM
- - nprev   ...terrific sentiment. I hope it's true.   Sep 28 2007, 05:02 PM
- - SpaceListener   Would like to know about how fast will Kaguya be a...   Sep 28 2007, 08:11 PM
- - Phil Stooke   http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html Orb...   Sep 29 2007, 02:27 PM
- - cndwrld   Pronouncing it I was at the IAC conference in Hyd...   Oct 1 2007, 07:41 AM
- - SkyeLab   Quote: "Apparently, ka-GU-ya means 'furni...   Oct 1 2007, 07:52 AM
- - nop   Kaguya is carrying a high-definition TV camera as ...   Oct 1 2007, 09:00 AM
- - djellison   Thanks for the heads up on that - great stuff...   Oct 1 2007, 09:29 AM
|- - ustrax   Wow! That looks so promising!   Oct 1 2007, 10:57 AM
- - ugordan   Is that a colorized image or an actual color one? ...   Oct 1 2007, 11:14 AM
- - dvandorn   It's early spring in South America. There...   Oct 1 2007, 03:22 PM
- - remcook   I have no idea about the specs, but maybe the colo...   Oct 1 2007, 04:00 PM
|- - punkboi   Awesome photo, nop... Can't wait to see HDTV i...   Oct 1 2007, 06:04 PM
- - ugordan   After taking a look at the channels, it is probabl...   Oct 1 2007, 06:13 PM
- - SpaceListener   According to JAXA report is that Kaguya is now hea...   Oct 1 2007, 06:24 PM
|- - punkboi   I presume they mean October 4, Japan Time (as in t...   Oct 1 2007, 07:28 PM
- - nop   Kaguya has a monitoring camera for cheking the sol...   Oct 2 2007, 09:36 AM
- - nop   And now the movie has been released. http://jda.ja...   Oct 2 2007, 11:46 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (nop @ Oct 2 2007, 07:46 AM) The ch...   Oct 2 2007, 03:20 PM
- - ugordan   Earth's rotation dictates features should be a...   Oct 2 2007, 03:29 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (ugordan @ Oct 2 2007, 11:29 AM) Ea...   Oct 2 2007, 04:07 PM
- - elakdawalla   Yeah, QT doesn't work for me either. I wish t...   Oct 2 2007, 04:46 PM
|- - nop   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 3 2007, 01:46 AM...   Oct 3 2007, 02:45 AM
- - nprev   Cool cool cool, nop!!! Been much mor...   Oct 3 2007, 04:26 AM
|- - punkboi   Kaguya should be in lunar orbit about 13 hours aft...   Oct 3 2007, 08:24 AM
- - djellison   Whaddayaknow... it IS round.   Oct 3 2007, 08:51 AM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 3 2007, 01:51 AM) ...   Oct 3 2007, 05:29 PM
|- - Norm Hartnett   QUOTE (punkboi @ Oct 3 2007, 10:29 AM) JA...   Oct 4 2007, 02:51 AM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (Norm Hartnett @ Oct 3 2007, 07:51 ...   Oct 4 2007, 05:34 AM
- - elakdawalla   Thank you very much for your posts and translation...   Oct 3 2007, 04:35 PM
- - Phil Stooke   "At 5:55 a.m. on Thursday, a small engine was...   Oct 4 2007, 01:07 PM
- - SpaceListener   At the beginning, JAXA says that Kaguya is mainly ...   Oct 4 2007, 01:17 PM
|- - jabe   looks like they were successful..see spaceflightn...   Oct 4 2007, 06:36 PM
|- - Norm Hartnett   QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Oct 4 2007, 06:17 ...   Oct 4 2007, 08:40 PM
||- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (Norm Hartnett @ Oct 4 2007, 03:40 ...   Oct 5 2007, 01:42 AM
||- - jabe   press release is up.   Oct 5 2007, 11:19 AM
|- - nop   I am pleased to share the success of LOI with you ...   Oct 5 2007, 05:46 PM
|- - Norm Hartnett   QUOTE (nop @ Oct 5 2007, 10:46 AM) I am p...   Oct 5 2007, 07:22 PM
- - Zvezdichko   I wonder when the first images will be published   Oct 6 2007, 03:58 PM
|- - nop   Rstar was successfully separated. http://www.jaxa....   Oct 9 2007, 08:34 AM
- - SpaceListener   A new update from Kaguya. It has already performed...   Oct 7 2007, 01:32 AM
|- - jabe   QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Oct 7 2007, 01:32 ...   Oct 7 2007, 02:10 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (jabe @ Oct 6 2007, 10:10 PM) Effic...   Oct 9 2007, 11:43 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The Relay satellite "Rstar" will be rele...   Oct 9 2007, 02:07 AM
- - SkyeLab   Nice update and a couple of spacecraft moonshots: ...   Oct 9 2007, 09:04 AM
- - djellison   All credit to JAXA - you guys know how to make thi...   Oct 9 2007, 09:30 AM
- - nop   FYI, I hope this mapping image will help you figur...   Oct 9 2007, 01:17 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (nop @ Oct 9 2007, 03:17 PM) FYI, I...   Oct 9 2007, 01:29 PM
- - kenny   Many congratulations to JAXA after the disappointm...   Oct 9 2007, 06:58 PM
- - SpaceListener   KAGUYA (SELENE) Lunar Orbit Adjustment Maneuver (L...   Oct 10 2007, 04:02 PM
- - Phil Stooke   VRAD (Vstar) separation coming up... http://www....   Oct 12 2007, 01:21 AM
- - kenny   .... and the VRAD satellite has departed, now-nam...   Oct 12 2007, 12:40 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Getting there... http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13...   Oct 19 2007, 02:33 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Here's the latest - images from the monitoring...   Oct 21 2007, 02:56 AM
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