Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
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May 17 2010, 09:45 PM
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Weather forecast to be bleak for pretty much this entire week. Akatsuki / IKAROS have till June 3 to get off the ground.
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May 17 2010, 09:48 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Read my mind, PB; I was just editing my post to ask about launch window length. Thanks!
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May 17 2010, 09:50 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Glad they scrubbed it. Eli's exploding diaper would have caused me to miss it. Yes!!!!
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May 17 2010, 09:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
The weather at Tanegashima probably won't be ideal for launch till May 25 (Tuesday). Darn.
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May 18 2010, 06:03 AM
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NEW LAUNCH DATE SET: May 21 at 6:58:22 AM, Japan Time (May 20, 5:58:22 PM, EDT...or 21:58:22 UTC)
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May 18 2010, 03:38 PM
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I'd rather see a scrubbed launch than a failed launch like OCO. That was painful, watching the reactions of the team when they lost communications.
Brings to mind a question. When was the last time weather actually caused a launch failure on a significant mission? |
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May 18 2010, 05:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
When was the last time weather actually caused a launch failure on a significant mission? There's the Atlas/Centaur-67 launch. I can't think of a more recent directly weather-induced failure. -------------------- |
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May 20 2010, 07:10 AM
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May 21 2010, 12:42 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Congrats to JAXA for the successful launch of Akatsuki and IKAROS (plus those 4 smaller satellites)!
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May 22 2010, 06:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Initial Operation Result of
the Venus Climate Orbiter 'AKATSUKI' May 21, 2010 (JST) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) received the signal transmitted from the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" at the Uchinoura Space Center at 4:40 p.m. on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time, JST), and confirmed that the scheduled sequence of events including the solar array paddle deployment and sun acquisition were successfully performed. The AKATSUKI was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center at 6:58:22 a.m. on May 21, 2010 (JST) The orbiter is currently in a healthy state. We are preparing for the AKATSUKI injection into the Venus orbit in early December while checking functions of the onboard equipment and controlling the attitude and orbit. We would like to express our profound appreciation for the cooperation and support of all related personnel and organizations that helped contribute to the successful launch and tracking and control operations of the AKATSUKI. http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100521_akatsuki_e.html The Operation Status of the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator 'IKAROS' May 22, 2010 (JST) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) acquired the signal transmitted from the IKAROS at the Usuda Deep Space Station and confirmed its solar power generation and stable posture, and established communications. We will turn on onboard devices one by one. http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100522_ikaros_e.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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May 23 2010, 02:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
'First Light' images taken of Earth with Akatsuki's LIR, UVI and IR1 instruments
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May 23 2010, 09:38 PM
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some updates on Unitec http://sites.google.com/site/unitec1ops/home
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May 25 2010, 06:21 AM
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IKAROS moves to Verification Experiment Phase
May 24, 2010 (JST) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) completed the initial operation check of the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS," which was launched on May 21, 2010 (Japan Standard Time,) from the Tanegashima Space Center. We will take a few weeks to carry out the first verification experiments, namely deployment of the solar sail and solar power generation by thin film solar cells. This page URL: http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/05/20100524_ikaros_e.html -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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May 26 2010, 04:47 AM
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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 |
Latest UNITEC status update:
QUOTE We haven't received the UNITEC-1 signal after 21 May 2010, 18:00 (UTC).
We very much appreciate if you send any reception or information for UNITEC-1. |
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May 26 2010, 10:47 AM
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Here's a composite of the 3 first light images. I've added the LIR image as luminance (inverted) just for aesthetic effect.
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