Hayabusa - Well, it's back

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Minimum altitude of Hayabusa during the deployment of the hoppers was 55m.

Currently Hayabusa is five hours overdue for contact with ground control.

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Where did you see that? It's currently showing "in lock" on 8425.6796MHz and Madrid uplink TX on.
~6dB below my threshold on 1.2m.
This is giving the same info: Haya2NOW

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From the ESA twatterings.

@haya2e_jaxa
[MINERVA-II1] Communication with MINERVA-II1 has currently stopped. This is probably due to the rotation to Ryugu, and MINERVA-II1 is now on the far side of the asteroid. We are currently working to confirm if there are images capturing the MINERVA-II1 landing. #asteroidlanding

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Whilst the telemetry is still online, currently (at least until three hours ago ) there has been no data being received on the final drop to the surface. JAXA is expecting images of the two Minerva craft on their way down.
 

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Hoping for pictures of the surface of Ryugu from a height of just under 100m, before Haybusa 2 turned on its thruster. These should show the landing site(s) of the Minerva craft.
 
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Wow, glorious colour as well. This is going to be a thread to return to every hour.
 
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