Chang'e 3 landing and first lunar day of operations, Including landing site geology and localization |
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Chang'e 3 landing and first lunar day of operations, Including landing site geology and localization |
 Dec 14 2013, 01:15 PM
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A flawless landing as far as I can see. Well done all!
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Dec 14 2013, 01:16 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2428 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
TD about 2 minutes ago......
 Image of ground and part of a landing leg.... |
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Dec 14 2013, 01:16 PM
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the rabbit has landed
 in Mare Imbrium instead of Sinus Iridum |
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Dec 14 2013, 01:16 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
That was SMOOTH, and had frame-by-frame descent imagery as well! Congratulations to the PRC!!!!!
-------------------- 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 14 2013, 01:17 PM
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Images from the descent. Amazing. Too fast to get enough shots to animate.
Here's one frame at about 70 metres (?)
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Dec 14 2013, 01:18 PM
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And that, gentlemen, is how we do that..
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Dec 14 2013, 01:19 PM
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From the big screen in Mission Control, it seems to have landed some way to east of Promontorium Laplace -- to be expected, given
it has landed one orbit earlier than the original discussions. |
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Dec 14 2013, 01:20 PM
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Dec 14 2013, 01:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 18-June 08 Member No.: 4216 |
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think their landing further east than sinus iridum may
have something yo do with the fact that they chose to land earlier (by 1.5 hr) and therefore the moon hadn't yet rotated sufficiently to align sinus iridum with the probe's trajectory. |
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Dec 14 2013, 01:22 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Gotta say that I'm pretty impressed. Hope that the rest of the mission goes even half this well because that was apparently a faultless descent.
Wow. "We're BACK, baby!!!"
-------------------- 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 14 2013, 01:23 PM
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Woke up too late, thanks for the gif!
First surface images coming soon? |
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Dec 14 2013, 01:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 18-June 08 Member No.: 4216 |
Correction on previous: it's 3.5 hours earlier. The Moon would have (not) rotated an extra ~2 deg or 60 km.
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Dec 14 2013, 01:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Last frame from descent camera.
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Dec 14 2013, 01:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 18-June 08 Member No.: 4216 |
From the images taken from CCTV's live footage posted at the NASASpaceflight forum, it looks like it landed
near crater Laplace F, south of Montes Rectii. |
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Dec 14 2013, 01:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
59 pictures were sent back in real time
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