Author Topic: LIVE: Chang'e-3 lunar probe and rover Lunar Landing December 14, 2013 (Read 798558 times)

Misha Vargas · « **Reply #20 on:** 12/14/2013 10:55 am »

CCTV-10 seems to be starting up their coverage.

Edit: And now the English channel

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #21 on:** 12/14/2013 10:59 am »

Ok folks, into coverage. Let's ensure all posts add value to the thread, with coverage. Screenshots from anyone are welcome.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #22 on:** 12/14/2013 11:01 am »

Here we go....

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #23 on:** 12/14/2013 11:01 am »

CCTV-9 coverage has started.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #24 on:** 12/14/2013 11:03 am »

Clock in the background is countdown from 58 mins to landing.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #25 on:** 12/14/2013 11:03 am »

Countdown clock. 57 minutes to go.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #26 on:** 12/14/2013 11:05 am »

Some MCC views.

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #27 on:** 12/14/2013 11:06 am »

57 minutes to what, though. Landing is about 90 minutes away. May acquisition of signal as the spacecraft comes over the lunar limb?

Satori · « **Reply #28 on:** 12/14/2013 11:07 am »

Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 12/14/2013 11:03 am

Countdown clock. 57 minutes to go.

Maybe this is the time for retro-braking or they have anticipated again the lunar landing time.

Borklund · « **Reply #29 on:** 12/14/2013 11:07 am »

Quote from: Phillip Clark on 12/14/2013 11:06 am

57 minutes to what, though. Landing is about 90 minutes away. May acquisition of signal as the spacecraft comes over the lunar limb?

I gather it's 57 minutes till the beginning of landing operations?

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #30 on:** 12/14/2013 11:07 am »

Rover deploy animation.

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #31 on:** 12/14/2013 11:09 am »

720 s (12 minutes) to land.

MarkWhittington · « **Reply #32 on:** 12/14/2013 11:09 am »

Try this for an English language broadcast

http://english.cntv.cn/live/p2p/index.shtml

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #33 on:** 12/14/2013 11:09 am »

They referenced that clock as the landing time earlier.

Schedule says 90 mins away. We'll see.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #34 on:** 12/14/2013 11:10 am »

"The father of the Chang'e program."

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #35 on:** 12/14/2013 11:11 am »

Lunar advisor.

Satori · « **Reply #36 on:** 12/14/2013 11:13 am »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #37 on:** 12/14/2013 11:13 am »

Apparently President Carter gave the Chinese one gram of lunar soil brought back on Apollo 16. The Chinese used half of that to get all the data they needed on the materials!

Steven Pietrobon · « **Reply #38 on:** 12/14/2013 11:15 am »

Talking about Lunar bases.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #39 on:** 12/14/2013 11:15 am »

This is all about technologies for crewed lunar landings and lunar bases.

(So are the Russians. Not NASA.....)