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New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise, Pluto and the Kuiper belt |
 Feb 8 2005, 02:09 PM
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Yes it's happening after all these years, the mission to the last planet!
And maybe to celebrate the confirmation of budget, NASA approval preparations and the fueling of the RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator), there is an updated web site at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ Launch will be January 2006 with arrival at the Pluto Charon system July 2015 (mark your calender!) and then on through the Kuiper belt during 2016-2020 and beyond. 20.8-centimeter telescope for 100m resolution at closest approach IR/UV spectrometers 2 x 8GB data recorders data rate: 768 bps (sic) to 70m DSN 465kg including fuel $650m 336 days to launch -------------------- |
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cIclops New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise Feb 8 2005, 02:09 PM
nprev Alan has a new PI Perspective; three "half-wa... Mar 26 2009, 02:28 AM dmuller Is there an estimate as to when New Horizon enters... Mar 26 2009, 11:19 AM
Vultur QUOTE (dmuller @ Mar 26 2009, 12:19 PM) I... Mar 26 2009, 07:45 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (Vultur @ Mar 26 2009, 07:45 PM) Is... Mar 27 2009, 09:56 AM nprev Alan will hopefully correct me if I'm wrong, b... Mar 26 2009, 09:58 PM dmuller QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 27 2009, 08:58 AM) I d... Mar 27 2009, 03:13 AM Vultur NH is past 1200 days in flight now ... wow. May 6 2009, 06:22 AM Alan Stern A new PI og to be posted today on the NH web site ... May 19 2009, 02:11 PM nprev Wow, you guys are staying very busy indeed! Th... May 19 2009, 11:48 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (nprev @ May 20 2009, 12:48 AM) Wow... May 20 2009, 08:59 AM tasp Does nprev want a trailing Trojan of Hydra named N... May 20 2009, 04:13 AM nprev Oh, I'm not that vain...I'd settle for jus... May 20 2009, 05:00 AM cbcnasa Thank you for the report it is good to hear that a... May 20 2009, 04:26 PM Roby72 Alan,
I appreciate to read your detailed informat... May 20 2009, 05:03 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (Roby72 @ May 20 2009, 06:03 PM) Al... May 20 2009, 05:35 PM john_s I've posted a new Planetary Society blog with ... Jun 12 2009, 07:05 PM ngunn I've just been reading it - excellent! (an... Jun 12 2009, 07:12 PM john_s Oops, you're right- they didn't post that ... Jun 12 2009, 08:05 PM ngunn Nice one - thanks. Jun 12 2009, 09:57 PM nprev Great article, John; thanks!!!
Questi... Jun 12 2009, 10:27 PM john_s It's all of the above, but the uncertainty in ... Jun 12 2009, 11:08 PM SpaceListener How will the Pluto's ephemeris be built? With... Jun 13 2009, 02:06 AM nprev Hmm. John, Alan, wild outreach thought. Have you c... Jun 13 2009, 04:38 AM Greg Hullender Something I'm unclear on -- the uncertaintly i... Jun 13 2009, 05:07 PM john_s What's shown in that figure is the uncertainty... Jun 13 2009, 09:59 PM stevesliva Is there no type of active range finding that coul... Jun 13 2009, 11:02 PM nprev Can't hurt to ask. Like I said, using the word... Jun 13 2009, 10:12 PM dmuller I found the following references to the Pluto Ephe... Jun 14 2009, 12:46 AM stevesliva Good point. Knowing where it is doesn't mean ... Jun 14 2009, 04:26 AM nprev Oy...very good point. We haven't even got a th... Jun 14 2009, 07:19 AM ugordan Wow, stay away from the internet for a couple of d... Jun 14 2009, 10:46 AM Alan Stern QUOTE (ugordan @ Jun 14 2009, 10:46 AM) W... Jun 14 2009, 11:25 AM Gsnorgathon QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 14 2009, 12:25 PM... Jun 15 2009, 08:59 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (Gsnorgathon @ Jun 15 2009, 08:59 P... Jun 17 2009, 10:58 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 17 2009, 02:58 AM... Jun 20 2009, 02:35 PM hendric The problem is that the radial distance of Pluto f... Jun 15 2009, 03:16 AM Gsnorgathon QUOTE (hendric @ Jun 15 2009, 04:16 AM) .... Jun 15 2009, 09:04 PM brellis Could a solar-orbiting probe like Ulysses get an i... Jun 15 2009, 04:15 AM djellison Ulysses doesn't have any imaging instruments (... Jun 15 2009, 06:51 AM ngunn I doubt if Cassini could help. We're talking a... Jun 15 2009, 08:23 AM ugordan I agree about Cassini not being useful. The only w... Jun 15 2009, 10:29 AM djellison Good points both. Jun 15 2009, 11:10 AM hendric ugordan,
Actually, it's more than 30 degrees... Jun 15 2009, 04:43 PM tanjent I suppose it would be too risky to allow New Horiz... Jun 16 2009, 03:29 PM john_s You're right- an automated course correction w... Jun 16 2009, 04:57 PM ngunn QUOTE (john_s @ Jun 16 2009, 05:57 PM) Th... Jun 16 2009, 07:00 PM ugordan Alan Stern already covered that, I asked about tha... Jun 16 2009, 07:12 PM ngunn QUOTE (ugordan @ Jun 16 2009, 08:12 PM) d... Jun 16 2009, 08:26 PM ugordan Well, computer/memory hardware faults are just a s... Jun 16 2009, 08:52 PM jekbradbury QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 16 2009, 04:26 PM) Tha... Jun 16 2009, 09:00 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 16 2009, 03:26 PM) ...... Jun 17 2009, 07:59 AM kwp QUOTE (john_s @ Jun 16 2009, 08:57 AM) an... Jun 16 2009, 10:57 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (john_s @ Jun 16 2009, 09:57 AM) . ... Jun 20 2009, 03:19 PM nprev Also, don't forget that they're using the ... Jun 16 2009, 07:30 PM john_s That's correct. There's some "cross-... Jun 17 2009, 02:48 AM xtruel A little early to think about it (since the object... Jun 17 2009, 06:32 AM vielong cool thanks for all those infos..
assurance vi... Jun 20 2009, 08:21 AM tasp Greg, do I correctly understand your idea is the ... Jun 20 2009, 10:59 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 20 2009, 02:59 PM) Greg... Jun 21 2009, 02:17 AM tasp So as long as no one has their thumb in front of t... Jun 21 2009, 04:28 AM Greg Hullender What might make more sense would be to apply the a... Jun 21 2009, 01:19 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 21 2009, 08:1... Jun 21 2009, 02:07 PM john_s QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 21 2009, 02:1... Jun 22 2009, 02:09 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (john_s @ Jun 22 2009, 06:09 AM) Bu... Jun 22 2009, 02:34 PM Greg Hullender Yep, that makes sense too. As long as there ARE s... Jun 21 2009, 08:05 PM Spirit Hi, I've been in hibernation regarding NH for ... Jun 21 2009, 09:23 PM Hungry4info QUOTE (Spirit @ Jun 21 2009, 03:23 PM) BT... Jun 21 2009, 10:01 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (Spirit @ Jun 21 2009, 09:23 PM) Hi... Jun 21 2009, 10:44 PM Spirit http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ is back online. Jun 23 2009, 08:23 PM Alan Stern On Tuesday, New Horizons will awaken from its long... Jul 4 2009, 07:47 AM SpaceListener What will cruise science take during the NH's ... Jul 4 2009, 05:19 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jul 4 2009, 05:19 ... Jul 6 2009, 12:26 AM nprev Alan, I assume that attitude control is one of the... Jul 6 2009, 01:40 AM Alan Stern Nprev,
Actually, Guidance and Control and IMUs ar... Jul 6 2009, 12:00 PM SpaceListener Alan, Thanks for the comments.
One thing that I i... Jul 6 2009, 03:26 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jul 6 2009, 03:26 ... Jul 7 2009, 01:43 AM qraal *head smack* An opportunity missed! But then t... Jul 7 2009, 10:15 AM Paolo QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jul 7 2009, 03:43 AM)... Jul 7 2009, 05:53 PM nprev Thanks, Alan. That's quite cool! Clearly s... Jul 6 2009, 11:39 PM Alan Stern Yes, balanced right down to the state quarters we ... Jul 7 2009, 01:39 AM SpaceListener The topic about the dust space is interesting. The... Jul 7 2009, 01:44 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jul 7 2009, 09:44 ... Jul 7 2009, 01:51 PM Alan Stern Flash report for today: New Horizons is awake afte... Jul 7 2009, 05:16 PM nprev Great news, Alan! None of those minor transien... Jul 8 2009, 12:15 AM Alan Stern QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 8 2009, 01:15 AM) Grea... Jul 8 2009, 12:20 AM nprev Not bad! Thanks as always for the quick, detai... Jul 8 2009, 12:34 AM Alan Stern Rise and Shine: New Horizons is Awake! See: h... Jul 8 2009, 07:01 PM Alan Stern PI's Log, 15 July 2009: A Summer’s Work, Far F... Jul 12 2009, 03:47 PM Greg Hullender Since I think part of the reason you post these he... Jul 12 2009, 05:59 PM Alan Stern QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jul 12 2009, 05:5... Jul 12 2009, 09:36 PM nprev Alan, just out of curiosity what drives course cor... Jul 13 2009, 01:03 AM Alan Stern Tiny deviations from the planned course. Jul 13 2009, 02:16 AM ugordan Would these deviations stem primarily due to propa... Jul 13 2009, 06:20 AM Alan Stern Both, plus unmodelled forces from the RTG's ra... Jul 13 2009, 11:24 AM infocat13 Alan,
years ago the voyager and pioneer project te... Jul 16 2009, 12:55 AM dmuller QUOTE (infocat13 @ Jul 16 2009, 10:55 AM)... Jul 16 2009, 03:38 AM Alan Stern Radiometric tracking of NH indicates we need a sma... Aug 10 2009, 12:40 AM  |
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