I'm making a point about that as less than 1 percent of our actual forum members are L2 members, which is very poor considering how good L2 is.
It's almost certain that whatever they have found about the yesterday's failure, there won't be a press release tonight. Looks like we will have to wait until tomorrow morning. It's disappointing. I go to bed, see you tomorrow.
I only wish the Russians would also post here, even with bad English!
Quote from: mtakala24 on 11/09/2011 11:17 pmAnd oh boy, do we have some good active members here. This thread wouldn't be as good as it is without JimO and others. I only wish the Russians would also post here, even with bad English!Also, what is the deal with that bear and YeTMS? What is it?
And oh boy, do we have some good active members here. This thread wouldn't be as good as it is without JimO and others. I only wish the Russians would also post here, even with bad English!
Quote from: ntrgc89 on 11/10/2011 12:06 amAlso, what is the deal with that bear and YeTMS? What is it?From the movie 'Red Planet' with Val Kilmer. Russian science probe the landed on Mars and never fulfilled its mission. It was the interface display when Val was looking to use it (probe) to go home, but it had a failure (low battery power).I thought it was a good movie.
Also, what is the deal with that bear and YeTMS? What is it?
I am very surprised by all this reporting of attempts to command a new firing of the Fregat engine - it is well known that Fregat does not have uplink capability.
They recieved the telemetry from probe at 11-12 p.m. yesterday. (moscow time). It's all I can get now.
Quote from: Danderman on 11/10/2011 02:38 amI am very surprised by all this reporting of attempts to command a new firing of the Fregat engine - it is well known that Fregat does not have uplink capability.The MDU is not an off the shelf Fregat, it's part of the spacecraft and has to be programmable because it also performs the MOI burn.Meanwhile, from twitterhttps://twitter.com/AstroRNDQuoteThey recieved the telemetry from probe at 11-12 p.m. yesterday. (moscow time). It's all I can get now.As far as I can tell he's legit, but... caveat twitter
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=626044&tid=94354They've managed to download telemetry information.They are currently performing analysis of these data.
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=626044&tid=94354Once the SC become visible for the control centre, they've managed to download telemetry information.They are currently performing analysis of the data.Still considering 2 possibilities:1. Star sensor/orientation system failure2. Software bug30 sec video (in Russian)http://www.vesti.ru/only_video.html?vid=375409At the very end of this news bulletin they say there are 2 days left (limitation based on the remaining battery charge)
Thanks everyone for the updates, I was talking with a friend and we are hoping that soon controllers will be able to see something like this: http://imageshack.us/f/831/thumbsupec.jpg/
http://www.interfax.ru/politics/txt.asp?id=216123Interfax reports that Phobos-Grunt isn't accepting commands. They say that they can downlink telemetry, but they can't send commands... The spacecraft is in low earth orbit, the solar batteries aren't working yet and the antenna hasn't been deployed... this is what I understand. You can check the link if you want, with Google translate (for English-speaking fans)