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Engine start should be confirmed by now, but they are not showing it!

OK, applause. We must have engine start.
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T+1 minute. Three minutes to LOS.
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LAM burn confirmation.

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Occultation starts 4 min after burn start
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Nice animation.
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Occult should be happening now.
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161 m/s delta-V.
« Last Edit: 09/24/2014 02:06 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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No one'll bother to translate "orbit insertion", or "Apogee motor"

Apparently they did translate "Apogee" lol. "Taral"

They were explaining how the AOCS system has isolation valves, and therefore is more immune to the nasty effects of the hypergolic propellant, whereas the LAM didn't have them (will have to check that diagram later) - before they cut to cover the confirmation of the ignition.

Still awaiting confirmation of occultation?

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Talking about orbits. Engine burn should end in 3 minutes (real time). About 19 minutes before the occult ends.
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Engine burn should be ending now (real time).
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MOM should be turning back to Earth now (real time).
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Burn end? The firing must have been completed by now & MOM must be turning towards Earth to resume communication.

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We've crashed Facebook lol.

Explaining how the spacecraft is ranged. (Delta DOR, Doppler ranging)


Getting telemetry from TWO THREE DSN antennae!
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Occult should be ending now (real time).
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Telemetry should be resuming now (real time).
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looks to still be burning

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