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DAWN Mars Flyby
mars loon
post Feb 17 2009, 11:26 PM
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Dawn is about 1 hour from closest approach

Go DAWN !!! On to Vesta

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here's a nice view

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post Feb 17 2009, 11:59 PM
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Will we have live NASA TV coverage of the event?
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post Feb 18 2009, 02:26 AM
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QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Feb 17 2009, 05:59 PM) *
Will we have live NASA TV coverage of the event?


Just checked NASA TV. Nothing related to DAWN at the moment.


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post Feb 18 2009, 02:46 AM
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I don't expect anything on NASA TV. Not even a phone press briefing. Probably just a text press release after it's all over; they've already done a pre-flyby release.

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post Feb 18 2009, 04:26 AM
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the team top priority is focused on threading the needle for the slingshot to Vesta.

there are very interesting details here on imaging coordination between DAWN and MEX
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Dawn_To_...r_Mars_999.html

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post Feb 18 2009, 10:32 AM
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A friend of mine on my own forum asks me whether you have any information about the images and when they are expected to be released.
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post Feb 18 2009, 11:26 AM
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According dmuller's realtime simulation the main antenna will be pointed to Earth tomorrow. It's safe to assume there will be no images transmitted before that.
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post Feb 18 2009, 02:53 PM
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There's a bit of a write-up on Space.com, but not much news yet ...

Asteroid-Bound Probe Zooms Past Mars

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post Feb 18 2009, 05:09 PM
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Luckily there's enough GAS onboard the DAWN spacecraft to last for the dual flyby smile.gif
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post Feb 18 2009, 10:01 PM
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apparently things look good but much more analysis is needed as expected. No official announcements have been posted at this time
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post Feb 18 2009, 10:37 PM
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Does anyone know when the data is supposed to be transmitted?


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post Feb 21 2009, 10:18 AM
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Dawn Spacecraft View of Mars
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post Feb 21 2009, 10:43 AM
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Looks like it's like a Mars Odyssey image smile.gif
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post Feb 21 2009, 08:00 PM
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Here are a few context views from Celestia and Google Earth of this image's location:


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post Feb 21 2009, 11:04 PM
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Wow, that is a pretty close-up view, if I'm interpreting it correctly. Going by Google Mars, the smallest craters in that view are about the size of Victoria, maybe a little smaller?
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