To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond, well at least TO THE MOON.
KAGUYA is in orbit around the Moon.
I have missed the news with doing homework with the grandchildren.
Did it make the six o'clock news?
Were they jumping up and down in Time's Square?
Is this going to be a repeat of the Apollo Missions, Ho Hum, yeah, if
you say so?
Come on, get excited!
Soon to release two smaller satellites.
- LRK -
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http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.htm
*KAGUYA (SELENE)*
*The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)* launched *"KAGUYA
(SELENE)" *by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle at 10:31:01 a.m. on September 17,
2007 (JST) from Tanegashima Space Center. The major objectives of the
"KAGUYA" mission are to obtain scientific data of the lunar origin and
evolution and to develop the technology for the future lunar
exploration. *"KAGUYA"* consists of a main orbiting satellite at about
100km altitude and two small satellites (Relay Satellite and VRAD
Satellite) in polar orbit. The orbiters will carry instruments for
scientific investigation of the Moon, on the Moon, and from the Moon.
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... and to develop the technology for the future lunar exploration.
Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -
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KAGUYA (SELENE)
Result of the Lunar Orbit Injection Maneuver (LOI1)
- Lunar orbit injection was confirmed -
October 5, 2007 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed the lunar
orbit injection maneuver (LOI1) for the "KAGUYA" (SELENE) at 6:20 a.m.
on October 4, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST.) The KAGUYA is a lunar
explorer launched by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) on
September 14, 2007 (JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. As a
result of the orbit calculation after the maneuver, we have confirmed
that the KAGUYA was injected into the following lunar orbit.
The satellite is confirmed to be in good health.
Injected orbit
Apogee altitude 11,741 km
Perigee altitude 101 km
Period 16 hours 42 minutes
We are now pleased to be able to report to you that we have safely
delivered messages and signs that were collected from 412,627 people
around the world through the Wish upon the Moon Campaign and engraved
on the sheets to be aboard the KAGUYA to the Moon. We would like to
express our profound appreciation to all perticipants and hope your
continued support to the KAGUYA mission.
You can also check this information on the following Special Site:
[http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html]
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/05/content_6831664.htm
Japan's probe satellite put into orbit around moon.
www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-05 11:08:28
TOKYO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Japan's first lunar probe satellite was
successfully put into orbit around the moon, the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Friday.
The agency announced that the Selenological and Engineering Explorer was
injected into a lunar orbit with an Apogee altitude of 11,741 km and an
Perigee altitude of 101 km. Its period is 16 hours and 42 minutes.
The satellite, dubbed "Kaguya" after Japanese ancient fable, was lift
off on Sept. 14 with a H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in
Japan's southern Kagoshima prefecture. The agency performed the lunar
orbit injection maneuver on Oct. 4.
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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/10259202.html
Kaguya Now the Moon's Captive
So far, so good.
Early today Japanese space officials confirmed that the Kaguya
spacecraft, launched three weeks ago, has slipped into lunar orbit as
planned. Yesterday an onboard rocket fired at 6:20 a.m. (Japan Standard
Time), allowing the craft to settle into a looping 16.7-hour polar orbit
that ranges in altitude from 63 miles (101 km) to 7,296 miles (11,741 km)
A brief press release posted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
notes that "the satellite is confirmed to be in good health."
Kaguya, named for a mythical lunar princess, represents Japan's first
dedicated lunar mission since 1990. Over the next few days it'll release
two smaller satellites: one will be tracked carefully to map the Moon's
gravity, and the other will serve as a radio relay.
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THE DAY IN SPACE
__________________
In today's space news from SpaceRef:
-- Mikulski Delivers on Commitment to Pay NASA Back, Includes $1 Billion in
Budget
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=23719
-- Senate Passes Mikulski-Hutchison Amendment to Add $1 Billion in NASA Funding
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=23712
"U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce
Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences, and Sen. Barbara Mikulski
(D-MD), the Chairman of the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriation (CJS) Subcommittee,
today passed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 CJS appropriations bill to provide
$1 billion in additional funding for NASA. The funding will reimburse the agency for costs
incurred for returning the Space Shuttle to flight status following the Columbia disaster and
implementing recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board."
-- NASA Scientist Available for Interviews About New Jupiter Findings
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=23718
"What NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft found when it flew by Jupiter
on Feb. 28, 2007, stunned scientists who now are releasing more information in nine journal
articles in Science."
-- Result of Selene's Lunar Orbit Injection Maneuver
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.nl.html?pid=25620
"The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed the lunar orbit
injection maneuver (LOI1) for the "KAGUYA" (SELENE) at 6:20 a.m. on October 4, 2007 (Japan Standard
Time, JST.) "
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Jeroen Lapre' is working on short film that takes place on the Moon. - LRK -
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Dear Maelstrom II cast, crew, consultants, and friends,
now that a 3rd of the edit is locked, we have finally posted the first
match-a-mation task for this project!
http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/Sequences/CountDownSeq/M2CD_R1B_S03T1_1OctK7.html
If you know of any Maya match-a-mators that would be willing to
volunteer, please let me know.
Cheers
-jeroen
http://www.distant-galaxy.com/maelstrom2/MaelstromII.html
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Many folks would like to see us back on the Moon and developing its resources.
Showing posts with label Japan space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan space. Show all posts
Friday, October 05, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
And the winner is ---
Eric Turkewitz # 9/15/2007 07:35:00 PM
<http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2007/09/and-winner-is.html>
posted a bit about his brother winning a screenwriting competion.
Are you writing about actions that take place on the Moon too?
- LRK -
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http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2007/09/and-winner-is.html
Saturday, September 15, 2007
And the Winner Is...
Two weeks ago I wrote that my kid brother was a finalist in a
screenwriting competition
<http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2007/08/my-brothers-screenplay
-is-finalist.html>.
Today, he took the gold prize
<http://www.internationalscreenwritingawards.com/2007-winners-alt.asp>
in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category for Tranquility Base, beating 281 other
entrants in his category. Not too shabby.
So when I wrote last time that he needed an agent, I wasn't kidding.
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About the script:
Tranquility Base is the story of astronauts stranded in space in 2040.
The action moves between the International Space Station, a Space
Transport Plane, and a Moon Base Biosphere, as 15 astronauts struggle to
secure the six available spots in the self-sustaining environment of the
Moon Base. A combination of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Survivor,
Tranquility Base examines the challenges man faces when his desire to
help others conflicts with his instinct for survival.
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http://www.internationalscreenwritingawards.com/2007-winners-alt.asp
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I know there are other winners out there too.
- LRK -
Good to see folks writing about the being on the Moon.
Maybe that will help make it happen for real.
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -
Larry Kellogg
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This one page pdf has a nice diagram of the track to the Moon - LRK -
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http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/topics/pdf/0916_0227_va1_e.pdf
September 16, 2007 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
KAGUYA (SELENE)
Orbit Control Error Correction Maneuver (�Va1)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to carry out an orbit
control error correction
maneuver (�Va1) for the KAGUYA (SELENE) from around 08:00a.m.on September
16, 2007
(Japan Standard Time, JST.)
You can also check this information on the following Special site:
http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/
http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html
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Thought I would ask Google about 'Lunar stories' and the reply was ...
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http://uplink.space.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=scifi&Number=24345&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=1&o=0
kadetken
*rock*
08/15/04 07:50 PM
All of the above recommendations are good.
I'll throw my top five Lunar stories into the mix. The ones that really left an
impression on me were:
1) "The Moon is Hell", John Campbell
(surviving while stranded on the Moon. It's harsh)
2) "Moon Monkeys", Wen Spencer
(you laugh your a** off through the story, but when you find out why you feel
like an a**. This one is really, really good)
3) "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", Robert Heinlein
(a bit too much of the deus ex machina that Heinlein liked so much, though)
4) "The Sentinel", Arthur C. Clarke
(the man signed my diploma, I gotta pay my props. I also liked
"Earthshine" and "A Fall of Moondust". It's about time for another Moon
story)
5) "Ice" Shane Johnson
(The idea of Christian-themed sci-fi was intriguing, and the book
does raise some interesting questions. A bit much in the deus ex
machina department [duh!], but it's a good sci-fi yarn, and I'm glad
that going to the Moon isn't beyond the pale of Christian thought)
Runners up include:
"Back to the Moon", Homer Hickam
"Project Avalon", B. Alexander Howerton
(this one has a rich industrialist deus ex machina, but does offer
an intriguing puzzle. Lay six matches on a table, the goal is to
arrange them to make four triangles.)
"Growing up Weightless", John Ford
"Moonbase"/"Moonwar", Ben Bova
(this one has a nanotech deus ex machina but is fun beach reading. He also
wrote "Millenium")
"Stowaway to the Moon: The Camelot Odyssey", Richard Shelton
(this is a great boy's adventure tale. There's no deus ex here, just a plucky
young lad and a crew of astronaut heroes!)
There are a lot of others. Our Moon has a rich amount of sci-fi associated with
it.
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070814-lunar-ark.html
'Lunar Ark' Proposed in Case of Deadly Impact on Earth
Kevin Holden Platt
for National Geographic News <http://news.nationalgeographic.com>
August 14, 2007
The moon should be developed as a sanctuary for civilization in case of
a cataclysmic cosmic impact, according to an international team of
experts. NASA already has blueprints to create a permanent lunar outpost
by the 2020s. (Read: "Moon Base Announced by NASA"
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061204-moon-base.html>
[December 4, 2006].)
But that plan should be expanded to include a way to preserve humanity's
learning, culture, and technology if Earth is hit by a doomsday asteroid
or comet, said Jim Burke of International Space University (ISU) in France.
Burke, once a project manager on some of the earliest American lunar
landings, now heads an ISU study on surviving a collision with a
near-Earth object.
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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KAGUYA (SELENE) on its way to the Moon and doing well.
Two posts from JAXA MAIL SERVICE copied below if you have not already
signed up for them.
Paul Hasselgren suggests that there is a need for a Lunar Standard Time.
See his note below as well.
And along the lines of fairy tail wishes and stories folks have posted
headlines that say 'UK Astronauts on the Moon by 2020', which sounds
like an new entry into those talking about going to the Moon. Then you
read on that it is just urgings by some, still the squeaky wheel may get
the oil and we can hope there will be more interested in looking up.
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http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gExXLG2bEppl_N7sfTOUI-0e2BAQ
UK astronauts 'on moon by 2020s'
British astronauts sporting Union flags on their space suits could be
walking on the moon by the 2020s if ministers follow proposals set out
by a Government agency working group.
A report from the panel of scientists and industry experts, appointed by
the British National Space Centre, urges the UK to start preparing for
future manned space missions.
Failure to do so could result in Britain being left behind as countries
around the world head into space, it is claimed.
If the plans are implemented, it will mark a complete turnaround of UK
space policy.
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Wonder what it will take to get more folks interested in finding new
places to explore and possibly settle?
Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -
Larry Kellogg
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KAGUYA (SELENE)
Deployment of the High-Gain Antenna
September 15, 2007 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the
deployment of the high-gain antenna of the lunar explorer "KAGUYA"
(SELENE) had been successfully performed through telemetry data
received at 6:52 p.m. on September 14, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST.)
The high-gain antenna plays a key role in communications between the
satellite and the Earth.
We have also acquired image data taken by the KAGUYA onboard camera at
10:53 p.m. (JST.)
The satellite is currently in good health.
An image of the high-gain antenna deployment taken by the onboard
camera is attached below.
We are preparing for the satellite injection into lunar orbit, and you
can check our operation status in the following Special Site:
?http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html?
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Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building,
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KAGUYA (SELENE)
Deployment Status of the Solar Array Paddle
September 15, 2007 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the
deployment of the solar array paddle of the "KAGUYA" (SELENE) had been
successfully performed at 11:44 a.m. on September 14 (Japan Standard
Time, JST) through signals and power generation data from the
satellite, as we had explained at the post-launch press conference.
We have acquired an image of the paddle deployment at 11:13 p.m. on
the same day (JST) as attached below.
You can also find the image in the following Special Site.
?http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html?
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Paul Hasselgren sent this bit for those going to the Moon to consider,
well maybe for anyone who is thinking about going to the Moon as well. -
LRK -
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Dear Larry,
Some day, we will colonize the Moon. Colonists will live their everyday
lives, going to work, leaving kids at daycare centers, making
appointments, and so on. Assuming that periods of daylight are of
importance, living by a terrestrial clock (e.g. UTC) is not really an
option - colonists need a calendar that makes sense to them. We propose
the LST.
We are LunarClock.org, a non-profit organization, and our mission is to
promote and develop the Lunar Calendar and Standard Time (LST). We
provide the current time (LST), information on the LST, a conversion
tool (Terrestrial time to LST) and a javascript driven real time clock for
incorporating in other websites. These things are continuously
developed. We also supply help with converting dates and customizing
scripts for other websites - all in the interest of promoting the LST
and all free of charge of course.
Whether or not you decide on bringing the LST to the attention of your
audience, I would still like to thank you for your time.
Kind regards,
Paul Hasselgren
LunarClock.org
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http://www.lunarpedia.org/index.php?title=LunarClock.org
LunarClock.org
LunarClock.org is a non-profit organization and our mission is to
promote and develop the Lunar Calendar and Standard Time
<http://www.lunarpedia.org/index.php?title=Lunar_standard_time> (LST).
In the interest of promoting the LST, we provide:
* The current time (LST)
* Information on the LST
* A conversion tool (Earth time to LST)
* Downloadable material for incorporating in other websites
* Help with converting dates and customizing scripts for other websites
Links
LunarClock.org <http://lunarclock.org>
--82.209.135.84
<http://www.lunarpedia.org/index.php?title=User:82.209.135.84&action=edit>
19:58, 28 August 2007 (UTC) Paul Hasselgren
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
The H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.13 lifted off at 10:31:01 a.m. JST on Sep. 14, 2007 from the Tanegashima Space Center.
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http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/f13/countdown/index.html
2007-09-14 11:16
KAGUYA (SELENE) separation
The separation of KAGUYA (SELENE) was confirmed.
This is the end of the Countdown Report.
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Japan has a spacecraft on its way to the Moon and Google announces a $30
million Lunar X PRIZE, send your own robotic mission to the Moon.
Should be interesting times, pass it on, talk it up, dream on.
Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -
Larry Kellogg
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Larry,
I thought you would be interested in this.
Google Sponsors Lunar X PRIZE to Create a Space Race for a New Generation
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070913/0301400.html
Best wishes,
David
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http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1334455520070914?pageNumber=1&sp
=true
REUTERS
Google sponsors moon landing prize
Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:37pm EDT
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc. will
sponsor a $30 million competition for an unmanned lunar landing,
following up on the $10 million Ansari X Prize that spurred a private
sector race to space.
Like the Ansari X Prize, which was claimed in 2004 by aircraft designer
Burt Rutan and financier Paul Allen for a pair of flights by
SpaceShipOne, the Google Lunar X Prize is open to private industry and
non-government entities worldwide, organizers said before an official
announcement on Thursday.
First prize is $20 million for the group that can land a lunar rover --
an unmanned robotic probe -- on the moon, take it on a 500 meter (1,640
ft) trek and broadcast video back to Earth by December 31, 2012.
The prize falls to $15 million if the landing takes place by December
31, 2014.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/google/ci_6883548
Google sponsors race to the moon
By Elise Ackerman
Mercury News
Article Launched: 09/13/2007 10:57:19 AM PDT
Google announced today it is sponsoring a $30 million robotic race to
the moon, organized by the X PRIZE Foundation, a Santa Monica non-profit
famous for issuing multimillion-dollar scientific challenges.
A $20 million grand prize will go to the first team that lands a
privately funded spacecraft on the moon and carries out certain tasks.
Google is also offering a second prize of $5 million and bonus prizes of
$5 million for teams meet additional challenges, such as finding lunar ice.
Peter Diamandis, chief executive of the X PRIZE Foundation, said in a
statement that the goal of the competition is to stimulate the
development of low-cost methods for robotic space exploration.
"The use of space has dramatically enhanced the quality of life and may
ultimately lead to solutions to some of the most pressing environmental
problems that we face on earth - energy independence and climate
change," Diamandis said.
"I'm happy to see it happening, and I hope somebody wins it, I really
do," said Steven W. Squyres, an astronomy professor at Cornell
University and the principal investigator for science payload for NASA's
rover mission to Mars.
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http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html
Launch Postponement of the KAGUYA (SELENE)/H-IIA F13
[September 11, 2007 Updated]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency would like to announce that we have decided to postpone the
launch of the Lunar Orbit Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) by H-IIA Launch
Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) as adverse weather conditions are expected
during the scheduled countdown operations starting from one day prior to
the launch day.
The new launch date will be September 14 (Fri,) 2007 (Japan Standard
Time, JST.) The launch time is scheduled for 10:31:01 a.m. (JST.)
We will re-examine the weather and other conditions tomorrow for the
launch on the 14th.
The launch was previously scheduled for September 13 (Thu,) 2007 (JST.)
KAGUYA/H-IIA F13 to be launched at 10:31:01 a.m. on Sep. 14, 2007 (JST)
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http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/f13/*
Launch of the KAGUYA (SELENE) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.13 (Sep 12, 2007)
*
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency would like to announce that we have decided to carry out the
launch of the Lunar Orbit Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) by H-IIA Launch
Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) on September 14 (Fri), 2007, (Japan Standard
Time, JST,) as we informed you yesterday. The scheduled launch time is
10:31:01 a.m. (JST.)
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Target Moon: Japan's Kaguya Probe Set for Lunar Mission
http://bcast1.imaginova.com/t?r=2&ctl=1C989:4A48D
Larry Klaes
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http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070912_techwed_kaguyamoon.html
*Target Moon: Japan's Kaguya Probe Set for Lunar Mission
**By Tariq Malik <http://www.space.com/php/contactus/feedback.php?r=tm>*
Staff Writer
posted: 12 September 2007
7:00 a.m. ET
Japan's massive Kaguya lunar orbiter stands poised to launch spaceward
this week on a mission that, researchers hope, will unlock the secrets
of the moon.
Equipped with a veritable arsenal of science instruments and two baby
satellites, the three-ton moon probe is set to liftoff from Japan early
Friday (Local Time) on a one-year mission to Earth's nearest neighbor.
"The Japanese people are very interested in this mission," said Shinichi
Sobue, Kaguya's science coordinator and public outreach for the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). "Kaguya, or SELENE, is our first
mission for really observing the moon."
Japan launched a previous lunar mission in 1990, but the flight served
primarily as a technology demonstrator, Sobue told /SPACE.com/. That
mission -- dubbed Muses-A -- sent the Hiten spacecraft on a series of
lunar flybys and orbits, released the small microsatellite Hagoromo and
intentionally crashed into the moon's surface in 1993.
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Mr. Kellogg:
I am sure you saw this:
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUST11303420070914?feedType=RSS&feed
Name=scienceNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Bob MacBird
Conroe, Texas
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REUTERS
Japan's lunar "princess" shoots for the moon
Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:14pm EDT
By Teruaki Ueno
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan launched its first lunar probe on Friday,
nicknamed Kaguya after a fairy-tale princess, in the latest move in a
new race with China, India and the United States to explore the moon.
The rocket carrying the three-tonne orbiter took off into blue skies,
leaving a huge trail of vapor over the tiny island of Tanegashima, about
1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo, at 10:31 a.m. (9:31 p.m. EDT) as it
headed out over the Pacific Ocean.
The long-delayed lunar explorer separated from the rocket in skies near
Chile about 45 minutes after lift off. It is to orbit the Earth twice
and then travel 380,000 km (237,500 miles) to the moon.
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Launch Result of the KAGUYA (SELENE)
by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13)
September 14, 2007 (JST)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA) launched the Lunar Orbit Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) by
the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) at 10:31:01 a.m. on
September 14, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima
Space Center.
The launch vehicle flew smoothly, and, at about 45 minutes and 34
seconds after liftoff, the separation of the KAGUYA was confirmed.
We would like to express our profound appreciation for the cooperation
and support of all related personnel and organizations that helped
contribute to the successful launch of the KAGUYA aboard the H-IIA F13.
At the time of the launch, the weather was clear, a wind speed was
5.9 m/second from the East South East, and the temperature was 29.8
degrees Celsius.
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Friday, August 17, 2007
[JAXA:0132] Total area of sea ice in Arctic Ocean smallest since observations started
Alright, maybe a stretch for a MOON, MARS, and BEYOND topic, BUT in
planning for long term operations it may be prudent to consider what
impact, if any, your operations will have on the local environment or a
global environment.
I know that there has been finger pointing as to who or what may be
affecting the loss of the Arctic ice, but a second, or third, or
more eyes looking at the data can be informative. Here we have some
information from Japan and their satellites and sensors with several
ways of looking at our biosphere.
Since they plan on going to the Moon next month it may be of interest to
this list to see what else they are doing in the field of launching
spacecraft. To that end I copied their latest press release post below.
Where you live and the surrounding environment are always of interest
whether that may be on an island nation that is concerned about
shorelines and food sources, or whether you are on the Moon and are
contending with temperature extremes and looking for possible sources of
water.
You build instruments to assist in reading the variables that will then
help you predict what the effects will be.
- LRK -
When do you start to consider if there might also be other places to put
your living quarters, say even towards the stars.
Thanks for looking up and or down, if need be.
- LRK -
Larry Kellogg
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Total area of sea ice in Arctic Ocean smallest
since observations started
- Much faster pace of ice melting than forecasted -
August 16, 2007 (JST)
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Overview
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC, led
by President Yasuhiro Kato) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA, led by President Keiji Tachikawa) cooperatively analyzed
oceanic and atmospheric observation data and sea ice data acquired by
satellites, and found that the sea ice area in the Arctic Ocean has
been decreasing at a much faster pace than expected compared to the
previous worst record in the summer of 2005. After satellite
observations started in 1978, the observed area shrunk to its lowest
level on August 15, 2007. Ice melting normally continues until mid
September, thus further shrinkage of the sea ice area is expected. The
observed phenomenon significantly exceeded the forecasted model
submitted in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
fourth Assessment Report, and the big difference tells us that the
model may not precisely reflect the actual situation in the Arctic
Ocean.
Contents
The following are findings as a result of analyses of observation data
acquired by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E)*1. The
AMSR-E acquires observation data and visible images of sea ice density.
(1) Since July, the smallest record of sea ice area in the Arctic
Ocean has been broken every day.
(2) Since the beginning of August, the shrinkage of sea ice has been
accelerated by a low pressure system generated and lingering off
Siberia.
(3) On August 15, the total sea ice area in the Arctic Ocean reached
a new low.
(4) If this pace of melting continues, the sea ice area reduction
pace may significantly exceed the IPCC forecast, and it may
actually reach the forecasted values for 2040 to 2050
(Figure 2 and 3.)
Estimated causes
The following are estimated causes of accelerated sea ice reduction
this year as a result of the comprehensive analysis of the observation
data acquired by JAMSTEC including observation data by ships,
continued observation by drifting buoys (JCAD, POPS*2) and
atmospherics data. (Please refer to Figure 4)
(1) Sea ice reduction has been observed not only along the coast of
Alaska but also along the Arctic Ocean shore of Canada this year.
Accordingly, the impact of friction from coastal areas is
smaller than usual thus sea ice tends to move in a large scale.
Therefore, fragile and easy-to-melt ice that has just formed in
coastal areas moves over a north latitude of 80 degrees and
spreads into the Arctic Ocean.
(2) As the fragile ice spreading into the Arctic Ocean melted
quickly and that facilitates the ocean water to absorb more
sunshine, ocean warming and sea ice melting have accelerated.
(3) More sea ice has been drifting toward the Atlantic Ocean from
the Arctic Ocean, thus the volume of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean
has been decreasing.
You can find the latest image of sea ice density in the Arctic Ocean
and past observation images on the website of the International Arctic
Research Center (IARC, Alaska Fairbanks.) The image data is updated
using the IARC-JAXA information system (IJIS), which JAXA places at
the IARC.
(URL:http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/cgi-bin/seaice-monitor.cgi?lang=e)
*1
AMSR-E:
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) is one of the
onboard sensors of the American earth observation satellite Aqua,
which was launched in May 2002. By observing weak radio frequencies
emitted from Earth, the AMSR-E can measure sea ice, ocean temperature,
water vapor, and precipitation, day and night regardless of weather
conditions. The successor of the AMSR-E, the AMSR2 (which will be
installed into the GCOM-W1 satellite) is under development and is
scheduled for launch in Japan Fiscal Year 2011.
*2
J-CAD (JAMSTEC Compact Arctic Drifter):
The JAMSTEC Compact Arctic Drifter (J-CAD) is a buoy that can
automatically observe ocean temperature, salt content, and ocean
current up to 250 meters in depth, as well as surface temperature and
atmospheric pressure in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. By placing it on
drifting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, the J-CAD can observe broader
areas. Developed by JAMSTEC, it was used between 2000 and 2005. Since
2006, the new generation buoy, POPS, has been in operation.
POPS (Polar Ocean Profiling System):
The Polar Ocean Profiling System is an observation system that enabled
multi-year observations of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean using an
argofloat. A platform is attached to sea ice, and an argofloat is
suspended with a cable from the platform. The argofloat bobs up and
down along the cable to measure water temperature and salt content
between 10 and 1,000 meters deep in the ocean.
Related Links
Arctic Ocean Climate System Group Website,
Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/arctic/
AMSR-E Site, Earth Observation and Research Center, JAXA
http://sharaku.eorc.jaxa.jp/AMSR/index_e.htm
Figure 1: The status of ice in the Arctic Ocean as observed
from the ship "Louis S. St-laurent" on August 6, 2007.
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/08/20070816_arctic_e.html#ref1
Figure 2: Data observed by AMSR-E.
The status of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean at its lowest level
in 2005 and 2006 (above) and that on August 15, 2007, (below).
The area encircled by a red frame shows the sea ice melting area.
Please also see Figure 4.
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/08/20070816_arctic_e.html#ref2
Figure 3: Change in the sea ice area in the Arctic Ocean as acquired
by the AMSR-E (2002-2007)
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/08/20070816_arctic_e.html#ref3
Figure 4: Change of ocean surface temperature
and salt content over years in sea ice melting areas
(Coastal areas of Alaska: North latitude 73.5-76 degrees and
West longitude 145-155 degrees [Red framed area in Figure 2])
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/08/20070816_arctic_e.html#ref4
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
New Launch Day of the KAGUYA (SELENE) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13
Thanks to Larry Klaes for passing the below post from "JAXA Press
Release Mail Service".
- LRK -
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New Launch Day of the KAGUYA (SELENE)
by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13
August 15, 2007 (JST)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency would like to announce that the launch of the Lunar Orbit
Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13)
was rescheduled as follows.
Scheduled date of launch :
September 13 (Thursday), 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST)
Launch time :
10:35:47 a.m. (JST)
Launch windows :
September 14 (Fri) through September 21 (Fri) 2007 (JST)
(Launch time will be set for each day.)
The original launch date was postponed due to the replacement work of
parts in the two onboard baby satellites of the "KAGUYA" as announced
on July 20, 2007. The replacement was successfully completed thus the
new launch date was set.
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September is just around the corner.
Here is to looking up.
- LRK -
Larry Kellogg
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New Launch Day of the KAGUYA (SELENE)
by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13
Scheduled date of launch: September 13 (Thursday), 2007 (Japan
Standard Time, JST)
Launch time: 10:35:47 a.m. (JST)
Launch windows: September 14 (Fri) through September 21 (Fri)
2007 (JST)
(Launch time will be set for each day.)
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Mission website:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) H-IIA Launch Services
<http://www.h2a.jp/index.html>
SELenological and ENgineering Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE)
<http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/selene/index_e.html>
H-IIA Launch Vehicle <http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/h2a/index_e.html>
Launch of KAGUYA/H-IIAF13 Special Site
<http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html>
Index for 2007/8 <http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/08/index_e.html>
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