bonobo44
19.12.03, 01:07
Po raz pierwszy zdjęcie Marsowi z profilu z bezposredniej odleglosci wykonała
inna sonda niż amerykańska lub rosyjska :)
Dzis oddzielenie.
Na gwiazdkę - gdy wszystko pójdzie dobrze - lądowanie.
Zdjęcie Marsa wykonane przez europejski Mars Express z odległosci 5,5 mln km:
www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMN3GUZJND_0.html
Sonda wystartowała 2 czerwca:
forum.gazeta.pl/forum/72,2.html?f=32&w=6282466&a=6306750
forum.gazeta.pl/forum/72,2.html?f=13&w=6298658&a=6298658
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Preparing for Beagle separation
18 December 2003
Mars Express completed a precision-pointing manoeuvre to prepare for the
planned release of the Beagle 2 lander on 19 December.
On 16 December, controllers at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in
Darmstadt, Germany, rotated the spacecraft and fired its engines briefly to
increase the speed as it approaches Mars as part of the maneuvre.
This is one of the most accurate positionings of a satellite that ESA has had
to do, and it was completed successfully.
The planned landing site has now been narrowed down to an area measuring
almost 200 kilometres in length by and 50 kilometres in width. After the
ejection procedure, the Mars Express orbiter will continue to follow the
Beagle lander for five days before performing a braking manoeuvre (called
Mars Orbit Insertion) that will put it into a 400-kilometre orbit around
Mars.
www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMDVY274OD_0.html