Philae Wakes Up! |
Philae Wakes Up! |
Jun 14 2015, 11:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Got the info from a Radio that CNES get a 2mn contact with Philae last nigth and 40 second of data.
Please take this info with due precautions waiting for confirmation before opening a new topic. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/en-direct/a...-spatiales.html -------------------- |
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Jun 14 2015, 11:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 146 Joined: 23-August 06 From: Vriezenveen, Netherlands Member No.: 1067 |
Wow that would be awesome. Got goosebumps
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Jun 14 2015, 11:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
More radios confirm the information. Welcome back Philae
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Jun 14 2015, 11:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Mare Desiderii Member No.: 563 |
The BBC think it's solid enough to report, so it must be true. (Not much info in that article yet)
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Jun 14 2015, 11:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
It looks that Philae's twitter account is now active.
New message: "Hello Earth! Can you hear me?" -------------------- |
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Jun 14 2015, 11:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 423 Joined: 13-November 14 From: Norway Member No.: 7310 |
The account tweeted and it's on the blog:
QUOTE "Philae is doing very well: It has an operating temperature of -35ºC and has 24 Watts available," explains DLR Philae Project Manager Dr. Stephan Ulamec. "The lander is ready for operations." For 85 seconds Philae "spoke" with its team on ground, via Rosetta, in the first contact since going into hibernation in November. Awesome news. -------------------- |
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Jun 14 2015, 11:54 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 17-November 14 Member No.: 7329 |
Philae is up !!!
Amazed and exited. What an awesome adventure! |
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Jun 14 2015, 11:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
at last "my" SD2 will get the opportunity to do something meaningful. way to go!
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Jun 14 2015, 12:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 282 Joined: 18-June 04 Member No.: 84 |
#Philae is number one trending topic in the UK right now !!
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Jun 14 2015, 12:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Seams that it was awake since a few days already.
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Jun 14 2015, 01:01 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 8-May 14 Member No.: 7185 |
What a comeback! - After other missions hoping for calls that never came....
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Jun 14 2015, 01:34 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 22-November 14 Member No.: 7349 |
That's some great news! Hopefully all the instruments are in working order and the battery as well. With an internal temperature at -35°C it also seems like there is quite a reasonable margin from the wake-up limit at -45°C.
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Jun 14 2015, 01:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 13-July 05 From: The Hague, NL Member No.: 434 |
The backlog of data packets also gives some confidence that the lander is regularly awake and capable to continue its unique mission. Maybe this will trigger a change in the Rosetta-comet geometry to maximize interaction with Philae?
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Jun 14 2015, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
The BBC put it well - this is one of the most astonishing moments in the history of space exploration. I was not optimistic - so many things could have gone wrong! Looks like we're in for a heck of a ride...
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Jun 14 2015, 02:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1669 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Pretty amazing and great news. Will be interesting to see if the temperature can keep rising above -35C. The sun should have passed the "overhead" point in May, so it's starting to get slightly lower in the south and maybe away from the top panel. Yet it is getting more intense with the approach to perihelion.
-------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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