How will this lengthy time to get into orbit have impacted useful in orbit mission time?
Quote from: Star One on 12/07/2015 06:47 amHow will this lengthy time to get into orbit have impacted useful in orbit mission time?Observation will be start next April. Two years observation mission will be planned.Jan. to March will be test observation phase.On December 1, test observation was already start. 1,100,000 km from the Venus.http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/planet_c/topics_j.html#topics6430
Thanks. How much is that mission lifetime reduced compared to if it had got into orbit in 2010?
"Dawn is in orbit!""Can't wait to see the pictures from Ceres!""What? It's in orbit around Venus.""Huh? How the heck did it get over there? Did Venus get demoted to a dwarf planet, too?"(Name humor...Congrats JAXA! Winner of the "Never Let the Japanese Sun set" award. Rising, always rising.)
Quote from: MattMason on 12/10/2015 01:32 am"Dawn is in orbit!""Can't wait to see the pictures from Ceres!""What? It's in orbit around Venus.""Huh? How the heck did it get over there? Did Venus get demoted to a dwarf planet, too?"(Name humor...Congrats JAXA! Winner of the "Never Let the Japanese Sun set" award. Rising, always rising.)i hope your kidding because these are to different SC.