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Mission: Hayabusa 2 |
Dec 3 2014, 05:23 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Love this Eyes application. I've never watched launch & early orbit comm ops before.
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Dec 3 2014, 06:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Just saw a quick clip of the separation! Very nice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9TwlwZobc4 At 3 hours and 5 minutes. |
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Dec 3 2014, 06:39 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Dec 3 2014, 10:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Dec 5 2014, 04:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Sampler horn deployed!
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2014/12/20141205_hayabusa2_j.html Always great to see parts of a spacecraft to contrast with space. Imagine seeing the regolith of the asteroid just below during sampling.... |
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Dec 7 2014, 11:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 1-June 08 Member No.: 4172 |
As is DESPATCH/ARTSAT2, another of the microsatellites launched with Hayabusa2 (and described here), according to its Facebook page.
The idea of bringing microsatellites along on deep space missions (or rather having them piggyback on Earth orbit departure maneuvers) opens up so many new opportunities, especially in outreach and technology development (ARTSAT is focusing on collaborative signal reconstruction from hundreds of amateur ground stations as an alternative to centralized downlink, and also includes a 3D printed sculpture designed at an art school). |
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Dec 8 2014, 12:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
Sampler horn deployed! Thank you. This picture, I believe, was taken by a camera constructed by private donations (me included) which amounted to JPY 26 million, especially for Hayabusa 2. Other contributions were also invied by JAXA. The camera itself cost JPY 12 million. I learnt just recently from somebody's blog that Hayabusa 2 will be moored at a Lagrangian point between the Sun and the earth. Apparently, it also was JAXA's intention with Hayabusa 1. I am not sure how reliable this information is. Media has said nothing of this kind, so far. P |
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Dec 8 2014, 04:26 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
That's very interesting, about the spacecraft being sent to the Sun-Earth L1 point. Where did you read that? Can you add a link?
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Dec 9 2014, 11:06 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
As Weywot suggested, I've made a separate thread for PROCYON.
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Dec 15 2014, 01:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
That's very interesting, about the spacecraft being sent to the Sun-Earth L1 point. Where did you read that? Can you add a link? It was a blog entry. That is all I remember. I do not think I can find it again, I am afraid. However, I will try and find more about this by some other means. If it is true there must be sometning more somewhere. P |
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Dec 15 2014, 02:28 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 20-January 12 From: Florida Member No.: 6317 |
It was a blog entry. That is all I remember. I do not think I can find it again, I am afraid. However, I will try and find more about this by some other means. If it is true there must be sometning more somewhere. P Lingering at a Lagrange point seems very unlikely to me, considering the trouble they take slingshotting past Earth after one solar orbit to pick up speed just to get out to where the target asteroid is located. |
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Dec 15 2014, 02:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
That's very interesting, about the spacecraft being sent to the Sun-Earth L1 point. Where did you read that? Can you add a link? I have a link as follows. http://global.jaxa.jp/article/special/haya...aguchi02_e.html It is actually Prof Kawaguchi mentioning it. If Hayabusa 2 has enough fuel left then reacing the L1 point should not be that difficult? P |
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Dec 15 2014, 05:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
That's very interesting, about the spacecraft being sent to the Sun-Earth L1 point. Where did you read that? Can you add a link? Here is another mention of Hayabusa 2 parking. http://techwatcher-asia.com/?p=339 It now looks like real. Other people seem to know and I did not! P |
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Dec 15 2014, 06:21 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 20-January 12 From: Florida Member No.: 6317 |
Ohhhh, they mean to park it at a Lagrange point after returning from the asteroid. That makes more sense.
The purpose appears not to be to conduct any particular science there, but to test the general idea of parking things at Lagrange points. |
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Jan 8 2015, 09:13 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 817 Joined: 17-April 10 From: Kamakura, Japan Member No.: 5323 |
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2015010800392
Above link (Jiji.com) talks about a report that all 4 of the ion engines were tested at the very end of last year and each ignited (?) properly and functioned for a few hours. They will soon test combined use of ion engines. P |
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