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Akatsuki fails to enter Venus orbit
A serious malfunction occured as the spacecraft was braking for Venus
orbit; the engine was confirned to have begun firing but contact was not regained on time as it emerged from behind Venus, when it was found to be in a safe mode but not in Venus orbit. Initial report is that around 7 years must pass before the probe is potentially in position to reattempt picking up its mission. Or an alternate mission, maybe. Like Nozomi, a tough setback for the Japanese planetary program. --Damon |
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Akatsuki fails to enter Venus orbit
On 12/7/2010 11:10 PM, Damon Hill wrote:
Initial report is that around 7 years must pass before the probe is potentially in position to reattempt picking up its mission. Or an alternate mission, maybe. Like Nozomi, a tough setback for the Japanese planetary program. I blame the machinations of the Mysterians for both of these failures. Dr. Kenjiro Adachi Tokyo Observatory |
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Akatsuki fails to enter Venus orbit
On Dec 8, 2:10*am, Damon Hill wrote:
A serious malfunction occured as the spacecraft was braking for Venus orbit; the engine was confirned to have begun firing but contact was not regained on time as it emerged from behind Venus, when it was found to be in a safe mode but not in Venus orbit. Initial report is that around 7 years must pass before the probe is potentially in position to reattempt picking up its mission. Or an alternate mission, maybe. Like Nozomi, a tough setback for the Japanese planetary program. --Damon wonder if its orbit could meet any convenient comets or asteroids? |
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Akatsuki fails to enter Venus orbit
On Dec 7, 11:10*pm, Damon Hill wrote:
A serious malfunction occured as the spacecraft was braking for Venus orbit; the engine was confirned to have begun firing but contact was not regained on time as it emerged from behind Venus, when it was found to be in a safe mode but not in Venus orbit. Initial report is that around 7 years must pass before the probe is potentially in position to reattempt picking up its mission. Or an alternate mission, maybe. Like Nozomi, a tough setback for the Japanese planetary program. --Damon That's extremely unfortunate. Hope they have something bigger and better as their plan-B. ~ BG |
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Akatsuki fails to enter Venus orbit
On Dec 8, 4:07*pm, " wrote:
On Dec 8, 2:10*am, Damon Hill wrote: A serious malfunction occured as the spacecraft was braking for Venus orbit; the engine was confirned to have begun firing but contact was not regained on time as it emerged from behind Venus, when it was found to be in a safe mode but not in Venus orbit. Initial report is that around 7 years must pass before the probe is potentially in position to reattempt picking up its mission. Or an alternate mission, maybe. Like Nozomi, a tough setback for the Japanese planetary program. --Damon wonder if its orbit could meet any convenient comets or asteroids? That's a good one, because nearly every day something of a significant comet/asteroid either orbits nearby or encounters the sun. ~ BG |
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