BepiColombo Launch & Cruise Phase |
BepiColombo Launch & Cruise Phase |
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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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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1431 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 ![]() |
Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operat..._to_full_thrust QUOTE The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury has experienced a technical issue that is preventing its thrusters from operating at full power. Top spaceflight experts from ESA and its partners are working the problem, but the long-term impact on the mission is uncertain. QUOTE on 26 April, as BepiColombo was scheduled to begin its next manoeuvre, the Transfer Module failed to deliver enough electrical power to the spacecraft’s thrusters.
A combined team from ESA and the mission’s industrial partners set to work the moment the issue was identified. By 7 May, they had restored BepiColombo’s thrust to approximately 90% of its previous level. However, the Transfer Module’s available power is still lower than it should be, and so full thrust cannot yet be restored. -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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