SMART-1

I've asked this before, but has anyone seen SMART-1 yet?
Heavens Above is now posting predictions for it, and it's apparently
visible for nearly four hours tomorrow morning from my location
(lat=51.316 long=-0.558, starts 0254, maximum altitude 17 degrees at
0520, ends 0646) It doesn't quote a magnitude.
Unfortunately that's for epoch 18 Nov so it's probably wrong - Ron
Baalke has posted elements for 24 Nov but I'm not certain how to use
them.
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I've asked this before, but has anyone seen SMART-1 yet?

what kind of satelite is smart one?
steve(vote for me2020!)
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I've asked this before, but has anyone seen SMART-1 yet?

what kind of satelite is smart one?
steve(vote for me2020!)
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"music is like this porthole into another world... the world of truth."- trey
Stick it to the man in 2004, Jenna Jameson! (and Ralph Nader, they got po

In message , itsfon
writes
I've asked this before, but has anyone seen SMART-1 yet?

what kind of satelite is smart one?

It's the European Moon probe, being driven by an ion engine.
Because it's constantly under thrust the elements are only approximate,
but I'm hoping they are good for a day or so. It's currently in a 4,741
x 40,535 km orbit, but I'm hoping that the solar panels will make it
visible in a telescope.
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In message , itsfon
writes
I've asked this before, but has anyone seen SMART-1 yet?

what kind of satelite is smart one?

It's the European Moon probe, being driven by an ion engine.
Because it's constantly under thrust the elements are only approximate,
but I'm hoping they are good for a day or so. It's currently in a 4,741
x 40,535 km orbit, but I'm hoping that the solar panels will make it
visible in a telescope.
--
Rabbit arithmetic - 1 plus 1 equals 10
Remove spam and invalid from address to reply.

It's the European Moon probe, being driven by an ion engine.

does nasa even bother with this new thrust ideas, or are we stuck with jet
propulsion?
steve(vote for me2020!)
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/whyweig...mtbrand=AOL_US
"music is like this porthole into another world... the world of truth."- trey
Stick it to the man in 2004, Jenna Jameson! (and Ralph Nader, they got po

It's the European Moon probe, being driven by an ion engine.

does nasa even bother with this new thrust ideas, or are we stuck with jet
propulsion?
steve(vote for me2020!)
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/whyweig...mtbrand=AOL_US
"music is like this porthole into another world... the world of truth."- trey
Stick it to the man in 2004, Jenna Jameson! (and Ralph Nader, they got po

In article , itsfon wrote:
It's the European Moon probe, being driven by an ion engine.

does nasa even bother with this new thrust ideas, or are we stuck with jet
propulsion?

NASA was a pioneer with it - http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1/

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-Andrew Gray

In article , itsfon wrote:
It's the European Moon probe, being driven by an ion engine.

does nasa even bother with this new thrust ideas, or are we stuck with jet
propulsion?

NASA was a pioneer with it - http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1/

--
-Andrew Gray