Author Topic: LIVE: Chang'e-3 lunar probe and rover Lunar Landing December 14, 2013  (Read 717685 times)

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I didn't see any mention of this elsewhere, but the 21 December drive video showed (a) that video is possible as well as individual images

Are you sure that's not just a timelapse sequence similar to the Yutu deployment cameras where in reality just one frame every 1-2 seconds was taken?

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True... I guess I don't know that. 

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Past days I read somewhere about live HD 3D  video streaming capabilities of Yutu.
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this link (in Chinese) gives some details of the future objectives of Yutu's traverses:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2013-12/24/c_118692396.htm
a "large stone pyramid" about 42 meters SW of the lander, the a high ground to the W and a crater 10 m to the N.
the link also gives some detail of the driving sessions.

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(face palm) I bet a decade from now we will still be wishing they had just said "pointy rock".. :D

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Interesting: if Chang'e 3 will last up to april 2014 (4 months rather than 3), it will be able to witness both a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse!

April 15th: total lunar eclipse; this will result into a solar eclipse seen from the Moon:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014.html#LE2014Apr15T

April 29th: annular solar eclipse:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2014.html#SE2014Apr29A
Not sure about what will be visible from the Moon. Will the Moon create a shadow track or just a penumbra track?

Which eclipse simulator do you suggest to see eclipses from the Moon?
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Is it true that the lander still has significant amount of fuel? Now that the rover has departed from landing site, I wonder if it is possible for the lander to take off and land somewhere nearby.  ::)

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Is it true that the lander still has significant amount of fuel? Now that the rover has departed from landing site, I wonder if it is possible for the lander to take off and land somewhere nearby.  ::)

That would be like Surveyor 3's "hop" on the Moon.   (Hmmm, I think it was #3!)
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the lander has vented its remaining fuel shortly after landing

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Surveyor 6!  (go down to the middle of this page:)

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=1050&st=90

Phil
« Last Edit: 12/25/2013 05:49 pm by Phil Stooke »

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No mention here, but apparently they are now in sleep mode. I'll look for a news link to post.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-12/24/c_132993311.htm

An article indicating that the lander and rover were due to enter sleep mode at 7 AM Beijing time on Christmas Day.

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Lander today, rover tomorrow.

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Quote
The forthcoming lunar night, expected to begin on Dec. 26, will last for about two weeks, experts with the center estimated.
That was a chuckle for me. I'm sure their experts are doing slightly better than "estimating" it at "about two weeks" : )
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Blame the translation. There will continue to be 'errors' like this unless the translators are regular visitors to this forum or another. *Or even the Chinese journalists in the first place. Not that I enjoy this game of telephone.
« Last Edit: 12/26/2013 01:54 am by SaxtonHale »

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Xinhua news agency, 24th December
 Deputy Director, Wu Fenglei of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center said the lander will be scheduled around 7:00 in the morning on the 25th into the lunar night sleep mode and the lunar rover will start its lunar night sleep around 1:00 on the 26th December.

Xinhua news agency, 25th December
...They had to sleep for about half a month, about in January 12th next year to "wake up", continue to work.

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a paper in Chinese on the thermal design of the APXS instrument on Yutu. also gives some detail of the RHUs
http://www.cjss.ac.cn/EN/abstract/abstract1994.shtml

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