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Feb 17 2009, 11:26 PM
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| Guest_Zvezdichko_* |
Feb 17 2009, 11:59 PM
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Will we have live NASA TV coverage of the event?
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Feb 18 2009, 02:26 AM
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1454 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Will we have live NASA TV coverage of the event? Just checked NASA TV. Nothing related to DAWN at the moment. -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Feb 18 2009, 02:46 AM
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![]() Administrator ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
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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Feb 18 2009, 04:26 AM
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Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
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 ken updated view: |
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| Guest_Zvezdichko_* |
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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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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Feb 18 2009, 02:53 PM
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Junior Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 14-June 05 From: Cambridge, MA Member No.: 411 |
There's a bit of a write-up on Space.com, but not much news yet ...
Asteroid-Bound Probe Zooms Past Mars - John Sheff Cambridge, MA |
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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
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Feb 18 2009, 10:01 PM
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Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
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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Feb 18 2009, 10:37 PM
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![]() Interplanetary Dumpster Diver ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 4407 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Does anyone know when the data is supposed to be transmitted?
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Feb 21 2009, 10:18 AM
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| Guest_Zvezdichko_* |
Feb 21 2009, 10:43 AM
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Looks like it's like a Mars Odyssey image
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Feb 21 2009, 08:00 PM
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Here are a few context views from Celestia and Google Earth of this image's location:
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Feb 21 2009, 11:04 PM
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![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
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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