Rosetta, Are You Better?

[Lazarus]

.................. are you, well, well, well?



Yes, actually, I've just woken up after a nice long kip.

 

[skomedal]

Hope Rosetta catches up with 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and deploys the lander to collect samples.

Maybe a mission impossible but good for scientific purposes if successful.

 

[Archived-1]

Yes I was watching this on sky news. interesting.

 

[skomedal]

The probe is named after the Rosetta Stone, as it is hoped the mission will help form an idea of how the Solar System looked before planets formed. The lander is named after the Nile island Philae where an obelisk was found that helped decipher the Rosetta Stone.

Link:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)

 

[Channel Hopper]

Amateur radio telescope near Tolouse.

http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/01/22/radio-amateur-diy-rosetta-tracking/

 

[Channel Hopper]

Now fully awake, though a coffee and biscuit would probably help as it's somewhat cold out there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26683763

 

[Channel Hopper]

Doing well after the first major burn.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27517090

 

[Channel Hopper]

Dirty snowballs

 

[Analoguesat]

R-Day!

Rosetta goes into orbit round Comet 67P

Streaming

http://rosetta.esa.int/

 

[Analoguesat]

Safely injected into orbit around 67P



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28659783

 

[Channel Hopper]

Boring landing site chosen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29203284

Landing 11th November.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Now moved back a day, 12th November.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Some really nice images on the ESA website, too large to repost here

http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/...-eng-GB/Comet_on_10_September_2014_NavCam.jpg

http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/...406-1-eng-GB/Comet_on_21_September_NavCam.jpg

http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/...-eng-GB/Comet_on_19_September_2014_NavCam.jpg

 

[Channel Hopper]

Boring landing site chosen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29203284

So boring, they need a name for it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29658222

 

[Analoguesat]

A Rosetta selfie


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29620127

 

[Channel Hopper]

All on schedule for tomorrow. HD broadcast feed on 7East

SATELLITE Parameters: Eutelsat 7B@7degE Txp F6 Slot A 9MHz

Downlink freq: 12676.83MHz Polarisation: Y/vertical

SR: 7200 FEC: 5/6 Mod: DVBS2/8PSK

Signal: 1080i/50 MPEG4 4:2:0 H264 Audio 1: prog mono / Audio 2: ambience

Or here for those without a medium sized dish


http://rosetta.esa.int/

although it may get swamped.

 

[Archived-1]

Live on 7E now. 12677 V 7120

 

[Archived-1]

Just caught this ,

 

[Channel Hopper]

First command for the landing is to be uploaded to the craft in just under an hour

 

[Channel Hopper]

Next broadcast in 30 minutes

http://rosetta.esa.int/

And a 3D illustration of what, and where

http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/