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(meteorobs) Fwd: Stardust mission status 1/26/2000
Hi list!
Because there were now many informations about the "Gegenschein" and the
Zondiac I thought this may just be interesting to know, that we may get some
samples of the dust that reflect the light in our solar system. Even if it
is not really to the topic I found it interesting and thought I just pass it
on.
Clear skys,
Philipp
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>Subject: Stardust mission status 1/26/2000
>Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:35:52 -0800 (PST)
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> Stardust Mission Status
> January 26, 2000
>
> NASA's Stardust spacecraft has successfully completed a
>three-part deep space maneuver designed to keep it on target for
>an Earth gravity assist in January 2001. That gravity assist
>will propel the spacecraft toward its 2004 rendezvous with the
>Comet Wild-2.
>
> The maneuver consisted of a trio of propulsion firings
>performed on January 18, 20 and 22 to achieve velocity changes of
>58, 52, and 48 meters per second, respectively (about 130, 116
>and 107 miles per hour). Each firing lasted for about 30
>minutes. With these three engine burns plus a short firing of 11
>meters per second (25 miles per hour) made in late December, the
>flight team changed the spacecraft velocity by about 171 meters
>per second (383 miles per hour), and put Stardust on target for
>next year's swingby of Earth.
>
> Stardust's mission is to collect samples of comet dust from
>Wild-2 for return to Earth in 2006. While en route, the
>spacecraft will also attempt to gather samples of interstellar
>dust particles for study on Earth. Engineers plan to command
>Stardust to extend its dust collector on February 22 in order to
>begin collecting interstellar dust from a stream that flows into
>our solar system.
>
> Stardust was launched on February 7, 1999. The principal
>investigator for the Stardust mission is Dr. Donald C. Brownlee
>of the University of Washington. The mission is managed by NASA's
>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of
>Space Science, Washington, DC. Lockheed Martin Astronautics,
>Denver, CO, built and operates the spacecraft. Its instruments
>were provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of
>Chicago, and the Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany. JPL is
>a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
>Calif.
>
> #####
>1/26/2000 JP
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