Very cool. We've (we meaning human race) got a probe landing on Saturn. It lands in about a half hour. Keep your fingers crossed!
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Huygens probe is landing on Titan
It's entering the atmosphere as I write
Sweet!
Oops! Thanks admin! I meant Titan, I meant Titan!
rather ironic really to look at an article about an ESA probe on the NASA website.
If this is "live" as it's being received, it happened about an hour and a half ago, which is how long it takes that signal to get back to us. Technically, by "now" the ride's almost over.
Relativity and enormous distances can be a real pain sometimes.
woof.
Relativity and enormous distances can be a real pain sometimes.
woof.
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Huygens may come down with a crunch, a squelch or a splash
Right then WHERE IS IT?
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Mission officials — who have waited seven years for Huygens to reach its destination — had tears in their eyes as the first signal was picked up, indicating that the probe had successfully powered up dormant systems and begun transmitting to its mother ship, the international Cassini spacecraft.
Be a bugger if the data they receive is in MSDOS 3.3 format huh? Suppose they can't read the data?
I'm watching the news briefing now.
The descent is almost over and they have good signal which is being relayed by Cassini just as planned.
The briefing sucks ass. Four Europeans blabbering on and saying nothing, and the British guy -- and I'm sure he's intelligent -- is the suckiest. The Yank on the panel at least isn't droning on, but he's still not saying anything interesting.
Where can I find a live feed from Mission Control and see some of that info coming down in real time?
woof.
The descent is almost over and they have good signal which is being relayed by Cassini just as planned.
The briefing sucks ass. Four Europeans blabbering on and saying nothing, and the British guy -- and I'm sure he's intelligent -- is the suckiest. The Yank on the panel at least isn't droning on, but he's still not saying anything interesting.
Where can I find a live feed from Mission Control and see some of that info coming down in real time?
woof.
'Zackly. Where is the info?
This is all I could find. The full pdf document can be found here.
ESA TV Live: Next on Astra 2-C
The ESA TV Service is ensuring the live broadcast of ESA’s most important events on the Astra satellite, using a digital transponder that enables every European with a digital satellite receiver and an antenna pointing at 19.2 degrees east, to follow these events.
Already three days prior to each event, colour bars with an ESA logo are broadcast on this satellite channel. This makes it possible to set up the equipment and tune the receiver onto the right channel:
ASTRA 2 C at 19 degrees East
Transponder: 57 (DVB-MPEG-2, MCPC)
Polarisation horizontal - Frequency 10832 MHz
Symbol Rate 22000 MS/sec - FEC 5/6 - Service Name ESA TV
For broadcasters, the programme is also made available on Eutelsat W1, as a satellite feed in full broadcast quality. For the downlink details, please check the ESA TV Website - http://television.esa.int
ESA TV Live: Next on Astra 2-C
The ESA TV Service is ensuring the live broadcast of ESA’s most important events on the Astra satellite, using a digital transponder that enables every European with a digital satellite receiver and an antenna pointing at 19.2 degrees east, to follow these events.
Already three days prior to each event, colour bars with an ESA logo are broadcast on this satellite channel. This makes it possible to set up the equipment and tune the receiver onto the right channel:
ASTRA 2 C at 19 degrees East
Transponder: 57 (DVB-MPEG-2, MCPC)
Polarisation horizontal - Frequency 10832 MHz
Symbol Rate 22000 MS/sec - FEC 5/6 - Service Name ESA TV
For broadcasters, the programme is also made available on Eutelsat W1, as a satellite feed in full broadcast quality. For the downlink details, please check the ESA TV Website - http://television.esa.int
Have they found any aliens yet?
QUOTE (Owain Glyndwr @ Jan 14 2005, 01:09 PM)
rather ironic really to look at an article about an ESA probe on the NASA website.
It's a joint mission. NASA flew it there, relays all telemetry through its orbiting Cassini probe, receives the data through its Deep Space Network, crunches the numbers in Pasadena, California, then ships them over to Europe.
@DW i actually just read that on the BBC worldservice websiet and was going to post but you beat me to it.
voluptuous topless women found on Titan!!
nah, not really. But the first piccies have come through, have just heard it live on the Beeb. Quite exciting.
nah, not really. But the first piccies have come through, have just heard it live on the Beeb. Quite exciting.
It really is exciting. Pretty damn amazing in fact. Simply the fact of getting there gives me a warm fuzzy feeling... And the fact that it landed intact is a bonus with a big portion of chance.
The few raw pics they have released are awesome enough, can't wait for them to enhance them.
*begins to plan summer vacation*
The few raw pics they have released are awesome enough, can't wait for them to enhance them.
*begins to plan summer vacation*
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