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Titan-b Flyby, Any coverage?
YesRushGen
post Dec 7 2004, 04:25 PM
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Here we are only 5 days from the Titan-b flyby!

So far, I haven't seen any announcements of NASA-TV coverage. Also, there does not appear to be a detailed summary of spacecraft activities for Titan-b. (As there was with Titan-a)

Anyone know what gives?

Kelly
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post Dec 7 2004, 08:57 PM
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QUOTE (YesRushGen @ Dec 7 2004, 09:25 AM)
Here we are only 5 days from the Titan-b flyby!

So far, I haven't seen any announcements of NASA-TV coverage. Also, there does not appear to be a detailed summary of spacecraft activities for Titan-b. (As there was with Titan-a)

Anyone know what gives?

Kelly

There is a document just like the one from Ta for Tb and hopefully it will get released Monday or this weekend. I've been working on a release for this weekend today.


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post Dec 7 2004, 09:11 PM
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will we get ISS images of the other hemisphere of Titan, so we have a full coverage?
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post Dec 7 2004, 09:27 PM
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Since this is another "energy removing" flyby, the flyby geometry will probably be very similar. Maybe enough difference to get a *little* farther East/West/North/South, but I bet on the whole we're flying over the same hemisphere.

Glad to hear that something of T-b will be released! But, is there still no intended live coverage of the event on NASA-TV?
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post Dec 7 2004, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE (YesRushGen @ Dec 7 2004, 02:27 PM)
Since this is another "energy removing" flyby, the flyby geometry will probably be very similar. Maybe enough difference to get a *little* farther East/West/North/South, but I bet on the whole we're flying over the same hemisphere.

Glad to hear that something of T-b will be released! But, is there still no intended live coverage of the event on NASA-TV?

Tb is essentially a replay of Ta, except UVIS is driving at C/A instead of RADAR and INMS. We have complimentary coverage over the same hemisphere of Titan. the Sub-saturnian hemisphere will be imaged in T4 in late March.

The lack of NASA TV coverage is because not nearly as many team members will be in Pasadena for Tb as in Ta.


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post Dec 7 2004, 10:17 PM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 7 2004, 08:57 PM)
There is a document just like the one from Ta for Tb and hopefully it will get released Monday or this weekend.  I've been working on a release for this weekend today.

Are you planning on releasing similar documents for the Icy satellite flybys? smile.gif
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post Dec 7 2004, 10:31 PM
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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Dec 7 2004, 03:17 PM)
Are you planning on releasing similar documents for the Icy satellite flybys? smile.gif

I don't know. I don't see why not. The Tb document mentions the Dione non-targeted encounter but doesn't go indepth on what observations are planned (and there are observations planned).


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post Dec 7 2004, 11:42 PM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 7 2004, 09:37 PM)
...The lack of NASA TV coverage is because not nearly as many team members will be in Pasadena for Tb as in Ta.

Ah... Too bad! It was really exciting to watch NASA-TV during the coverage. I love watching everyone's reaction... (Oh yeah, and the pictures as they come down! hehe)

Will there at least be a post-flyby science briefing broadcast on NASA-TV?
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post Dec 8 2004, 02:25 AM
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QUOTE (YesRushGen @ Dec 7 2004, 04:42 PM)
QUOTE (volcanopele @ Dec 7 2004, 09:37 PM)
...The lack of NASA TV coverage is because not nearly as many team members will be in Pasadena for Tb as in Ta.

Ah... Too bad! It was really exciting to watch NASA-TV during the coverage. I love watching everyone's reaction... (Oh yeah, and the pictures as they come down! hehe)

Will there at least be a post-flyby science briefing broadcast on NASA-TV?

There is a press conference planned for next Thursday at the AGU Fall conference to present the results fo the Titan and Dione flybys. Not sure if NASA TV will cover it though, sorry.


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post Dec 9 2004, 10:59 PM
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The Cassini home page said the closest approach will be 1,200 km. I thought it was 2000-something km.

I get the feeling not as much science will be done this time as the during the Titan-A flyby.
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post Dec 9 2004, 11:40 PM
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QUOTE (pioneer @ Dec 9 2004, 03:59 PM)
The Cassini home page said the closest approach will be 1,200 km. I thought it was 2000-something km.

I get the feeling not as much science will be done this time as the during the Titan-A flyby.

There is just as much science, just different type. Our images should be of higher quality since they have a better signal to noise. UVIS is taking a coouple of star occulation measurements.

The change in altitude is related to the increase in the Iapetus encounter distance to account for the prior uncertainty in Iapetus' mass.


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post Dec 11 2004, 06:22 PM
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The Cassini home website has the Titan-b mission description up:

http://saturn1.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/pro...yby20041206.pdf

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post Dec 11 2004, 06:47 PM
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LOTS of Titan RAW images just posted......

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/raw/index.cfm

This image shows a white streak, which gradually appears to fade.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imag...eiImageID=27946

Possibly a cloud?
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post Dec 11 2004, 08:34 PM
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I hope they label the spot they used the SAR on last time. They aren't using it this time.
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post Dec 11 2004, 11:41 PM
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QUOTE (alan @ Dec 11 2004, 01:34 PM)
I hope they label the spot they used the SAR on last time. They aren't using it this time.

The sar from last time is to far to the north to be see on this encounter, even in the global views.


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