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Rosetta approach on schedule

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Nov 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After the trajectory correction manoeuvre on 22 October, Rosetta has lined up on a near-perfect Earth approach path. The manoeuvre was so precise that mission controllers decided not to use ...

Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival

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Jun 05, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of ...

Rosetta probe lined up nicely for Earth approach

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Oct 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Following the first and primary trajectory correction manoeuvre 22 October, Rosetta is lined up nicely for the approach to Earth. The manoeuvre provided an 8.8 cm/s change in orbital velocity ...

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar transfer trajectory

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Nov 05, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 0

Yesterday, following a fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre, the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft successfully settled into a trajectory that will take it to the Moon.

Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 03, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (11) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft ...

Record boost for ATV to raise ISS orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 20, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 1

For the second time since April, ESA's Jules Verne ATV was used to raise the orbit of the International Space Station yesterday. A record boost from the 20 minute burn of the Automated Transfer Vehicle's main engines successfully ...

Jules Verne boosts ISS orbit

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Apr 25, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (13) | 0

ESA's Jules Verne ATV was used for the first time early this morning to raise the orbit of the International Space Station. A 740-second burn of the Automated Transfer Vehicle's main engines successfully lifted ...

Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit

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Nov 10, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) lunar orbiter, was captured into orbit around the Moon on 8 November. One day later, the spacecraft performed a manoeuvre that ...

Boosting the accuracy of Rosetta's Earth approach

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 19, 2007 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Yesterday, 18 October at 18:06 CEST, the thrusters of ESA’s comet chaser, Rosetta, were fired in a planned, 42-second trajectory correction manoeuvre designed to 'fine tune' the spacecraft's approach to Earth. ...

Successful manoeuvres position Jules Verne ATV for crucial tests

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 13, 2008 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Jules Verne ATV successfully performed two boosts today, bringing the spacecraft to an altitude of 303 km – half-way between the insertion orbit reached after last Sunday's launch and the orbit of the International ...

Perfect sight: Rosetta cameras track asteroid target

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Aug 18, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- On 14 August, Rosetta conducted a successful trajectory correction manoeuvre using data obtained from the Agency's first-ever optical tracking of an asteroid target, (2867) Steins. Images ...

Jules Verne demonstrates flawless Collision Avoidance Maneuver

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Mar 14, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

Mission controllers received confirmation shortly after 10:45 CET (09:45 UT) this morning that Jules Verne ATV had successfully demonstrated the critical Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre. The crucial test began ...

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