KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
KAGUYA lunar explorer (aka SELENE) |
Oct 1 2007, 06:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
According to JAXA report is that Kaguya is now heading toward the Moon. The LOI would be this Thursday October 4. Important day. Later, the relay satellite will be separated on Oct 9, VRAD by Oct 12 and finally Kaguya will be in Lunar Orbit by October 19.
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Oct 1 2007, 07:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
I presume they mean October 4, Japan Time (as in the LOI is still on October 3, 2:01 pm Pacific Daylight Time)?
BTW, they updated the "Position of KAGUYA" page: http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/en/communication/position_e.htm Nice little image there. JPL needs to have that kind of animation instead of the Solar System Simulator. -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Oct 2 2007, 09:36 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 24-November 05 From: Tokyo Member No.: 571 |
Kaguya has a monitoring camera for cheking the solar array paddle deployment. This camera happened to capture another Earth image.
You can see the Earth through a small clearance between the body and the paddle. http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/ja/communication...formation_j.htm (Sorry, in Japanese) http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/image/communicat...071002_01_s.jpg |
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Oct 2 2007, 11:46 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 24-November 05 From: Tokyo Member No.: 571 |
And now the movie has been released.
http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/v4_e.php?v_id=0496f...p;category=4064 The change of the image is extremely slight and slow. Be patient |
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Oct 2 2007, 03:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Oct 2 2007, 03:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Earth's rotation dictates features should be appearing, not disappearing at the western terminator.
The QT version doesn't work for me and it's the only one that would allow scrolling back and forth in the movie, without rebuffering. From what I can see in the WMV, most of the "moving" is KAGUYA moving farther from Earth with only a hint of rotation. The pointing is remarkably steady, though. I almost wish there was that "Apollo-like" human hand factor to show it's actual footage, not CGI renderings. -------------------- |
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Oct 2 2007, 04:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Oct 2 2007, 04:46 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Yeah, QT doesn't work for me either. I wish they had posted these in some downloadable format that I could play with
That pic of the solar paddle that happened to catch Earth in it is pretty neat! nop, could you perhaps help out with translation of that page? Here is what the Google translator produces, which isn't bad; only the last sentence is unintelligible: QUOTE It was recognized that the earth has taken in the monitor camera for solar paddle development verification. It is the unusual picture where the earth is visible from the interval of the paddle. It would appear that Google's attempt at transliteration of "Kaguya" is "the [gu] and," which is not as cute as "It is quick the [bu]," its famous transliteration of "Hayabusa."Because the picture is not photographing with HDTV, is not clear, but the position of the satellite and the earth timing it could photograph it is the unusual shot well. In addition, you think that you can be understood the distance of the satellite and the earth. The day when more and more it is thrown to the month track separated from the orbit around the earth, the truth approached the [gu] and, closely. --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 3 2007, 02:45 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 24-November 05 From: Tokyo Member No.: 571 |
nop, could you perhaps help out with translation of that page? Ok Emily, here is my rough translation. Sorry for my poor English. I think Google translation is not so bad, except for the last sentence. -- We found that the earth was captured by the monitor camera for checking the solar paddle deployment. It is a rare picture where the earth is seen between the interval of the paddle. The image is not clear because it was not not taken by the HDTV, but a rare shot in which the configuration of the satellite and the earth was captured in good timing. Also you can realize the distance between the satellite and the earth. Now Kaguya has left the earth orbit, and the long-waited day for injection into the lunar orbit is forthcoming. -- This animation showing a diff during the movie was originally posted by anonymous on a Japanese BBS |
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Oct 3 2007, 04:26 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Cool cool cool, nop!!! Been much more impressed with Kaguya so far than with many other missions...sweet bird, great outreach!
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Oct 3 2007, 08:24 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Kaguya should be in lunar orbit about 13 hours after this posting...
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 3 2007, 08:51 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Whaddayaknow... it IS round.
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Oct 3 2007, 04:35 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Thank you very much for your posts and translations, nop! You are really a great help in spreading news from Japan!
--Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 3 2007, 05:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Whaddayaknow... it IS round. JAXA is deceiving us, djellison... They refuse to release REAL images taken by Kaguya that shows pristine waterfalls streaming off all sides of Earth's cube-shaped body... -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Oct 4 2007, 02:51 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 1354 |
JAXA is deceiving us, djellison... They refuse to release REAL images taken by Kaguya that shows pristine waterfalls streaming off all sides of Earth's cube-shaped body... Typical western nonsense! As can clearly be seen in these JAXA photos the Earth has a disk shaped body and the pristine waterfalls are falling away from the spacecraft and not visible since the craft is going to the moon. |
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