Hayabusa - The Return To Earth, The voyage home |
  |
Hayabusa - The Return To Earth, The voyage home |
 Jun 13 2010, 11:09 AM
Post
#541
|
|
|
XYL Code Genius  Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 23-November 05 Member No.: 566  |
Reentry Capsule was successfully separated from the Hayabusa spacecraft at 19:51 on June 13th, 2010 (JST).
Spacecraft is Going well. |
 |
 
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 11:10 AM
Post
#542
|
|
 Bloggette par Excellence Group: Admin Posts: 3964 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Dang it, I had a working link to the control room video and then Firefox crashed and when I brought it back up I couldn't get video anymore...
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 11:14 AM
Post
#543
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3534 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Try pasting the following URL directly into a Windows Media Player "Open URL" command: http://hayabusa.jaxa.jp/live/live.asx
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 11:15 AM
Post
#544
|
|
|
Bloggette par Excellence Group: Admin Posts: 3964 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Ooh, @esa on Twitter came to the rescue! Someone's Ustreaming it and that seems to be working: http://bit.ly/amrhxv
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 11:44 AM
Post
#545
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 2421 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Deep Space Station 54 at the Madrid DSN complex currently tracking the spacecraft is scheduled to track MUSES-C 'Hayabusa' until 13:05 UTC.
So that's up until 46 before re-entry. Unfortunately, as far as the schedule goes, Goldstone is not listed to track Hayabusa's last moments. Canberra DSN's last track ended about 3 hours ago. By the time the spacecraft and capsule pass over our way, they'll be going so fast that the antennas are unable to slew fast enough to track them. The entry point will be below our horizon in Canberra (we miss it by 2 minutes!) |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 11:50 AM
Post
#546
|
|
|
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 5-September 07 Member No.: 3662 |
It struck me this morning that the whole Hayabusa story is a robot version of Apollo 13. What a pity this amazing tale will likely never be told properly in the English-speaking world because of the language barrier. I bet it would make an amazing book.
Jeff |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 11:52 AM
Post
#547
|
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 12-August 08 From: austin, TX Member No.: 4312 |
here's an artists impression of capsule seperation...
http://drawr.net/show.php?id=1478887 baaaawww! i_i |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 12:15 PM
Post
#548
|
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 12-August 08 From: austin, TX Member No.: 4312 |
...and slightly more seriously, Hayabusa inbound taken from the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope at around 6.10
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/nucleus/media...aJun13_lite.jpg |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 12:47 PM
Post
#549
|
|
 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 14-March 08 Member No.: 4066 |
Live! Universe's video stream from Australia is on: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hayabusa-back-to-the-earth
Looks dark in there! :) |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 01:18 PM
Post
#550
|
||
|
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 2421 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Looks dark in there...
...but every now and then, Mr Hayabusa emerges from the darkness!!! 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 01:35 PM
Post
#551
|
|
|
XYL Code Genius Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 23-November 05 Member No.: 566 |
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/topics/2010/hayabusa_obs3.shtml
QUOTE Just before the reentry, Hayabusa can be seen from Maldives. It is difficult to see Hayabusa with the naked eyes, so please use telescope or binoculars. Hayabusa goes into the shadow of the earth at six minutes before the reentry. |
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 01:35 PM
Post
#552
|
|
 Member Group: Members Posts: 966 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Everyone looked happy for a little while. Maybe the capsule powered up successfully.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
|
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 01:49 PM
Post
#553
|
|
 Member Group: Members Posts: 332 Joined: 11-April 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 4093 |
Hope Hayabusa completed immigration card and quarantine declaration ... tick yes for "bringing in soil" :-)
-------------------- |
|
|
|
| Guest_Sunspot_* |
Jun 13 2010, 01:53 PM
Post
#554
|
|
Guests |
arrrrggghhhh twitter over capacity !!!!!
|
|
|
|
|
Jun 13 2010, 01:55 PM
Post
#555
|
|
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 12-August 08 From: austin, TX Member No.: 4312 |
oh, WOW! bright trail visible on the UStream feed!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 23rd May 2013 - 12:00 AM |
|
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is a project of the Planetary Society and is funded by donations from visitors and members. Help keep this forum up and running by contributing here. |
|
