Hayabusa2 MINERVA-II-1 operation, 20-21 September 2018 |
Hayabusa2 MINERVA-II-1 operation, 20-21 September 2018 |
Sep 20 2018, 11:13 AM
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Hayabusa 2 has started its descent towards Ryugu for Minerva deployment. Real time navigation images are posted here. One new image every half hour or so.
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Sep 20 2018, 12:35 PM
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Operations schedule in GMT: 05:10 - Start descent from 20 km Done 05:08, Confirmed 05:26 11:00 - 13 km from Center Of Gravity of Ryugu CdG 15:30 - 5 km from CoG, deceleration from 0.40 to 0.10 m/s (from 1.44 km/h to 0.36 km/h) 18:30 - 4 km from CoG 21 september 00:00 - 2 km from CoG 00:10 - Altitude 1500 meters above surface 03:00 - Altitude 500 meters above surface 03:40 - Altitude 250 meters above surface 04:00-04:30 - Altitude 60 meters - Rover deployment, H2 raises again Rovers diameter: 18 cm; 60 m away they will be 30 pixel wide in ONC-T, 3 pixel in ONC-W1. http://www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/topics/20180920e/ |
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