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Upcoming Rosetta Comet Landing webcast from ESA
Last edited Tue Nov 11, 2014, 03:40 PM - Edit history (2)
For those interested and suitably bandwidth'd up...
Starting Tue Nov 11 2014 19:00 GMT ; live coverage for 24 hours
http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding
11 November
10:00 GMT / 11:00 CET Media Update Live from ESOC Press Centre
19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET Go-No Go #1 TV Programme starts Live from ESOC Mission Control Room / Cologne Lander Control Centre / Toulouse Science Operations and Navigation Centre
ESA will then stay live all the way until 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET on 12 November with a permanent view of ESOC Mission Control Room in between the listed sequences.
12 November
Live From ESOC Mission Control Room: Go / No Go #2/3
00:00 GMT/ 01:00 CET: Flight Dynamics Command for separation ready on ground
01:30 GMT/ 02:30 CET: Confirmation of Lander Readiness for Separation
Live from ESOC MCR, Cologne LCC , Toulouse SONC:
06:00-07:00 GMT / 07:00-08:00 CET: Final preparation manoeuvre and Go/No-Go #4 for lander separation
08:30-09:15 GMT / 09:30-10:15 CET: Lander separation scheduled at 09:03 GMT/10:03 CET
11:00-12:15 GMT / 12:00-13:15 CET: Science update and first pictures (NavCam) expected around 12:00 GMT / 13:00 CET
14:00-15:30 GMT/ 15:00-16:30 CET: Rosetta science / Last preparations and then await landing
15:45-16:15 GMT /16:45-17:15 CET: Landing expected at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET (+/- 15 mn)
17:00 GMT /18:00 CET earliest: Presentation of first panoramic (CIVA) image from comet
from: http://www.esa.int/esatv/Television
10:00 GMT / 11:00 CET Media Update Live from ESOC Press Centre
19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET Go-No Go #1 TV Programme starts Live from ESOC Mission Control Room / Cologne Lander Control Centre / Toulouse Science Operations and Navigation Centre
ESA will then stay live all the way until 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET on 12 November with a permanent view of ESOC Mission Control Room in between the listed sequences.
12 November
Live From ESOC Mission Control Room: Go / No Go #2/3
00:00 GMT/ 01:00 CET: Flight Dynamics Command for separation ready on ground
01:30 GMT/ 02:30 CET: Confirmation of Lander Readiness for Separation
Live from ESOC MCR, Cologne LCC , Toulouse SONC:
06:00-07:00 GMT / 07:00-08:00 CET: Final preparation manoeuvre and Go/No-Go #4 for lander separation
08:30-09:15 GMT / 09:30-10:15 CET: Lander separation scheduled at 09:03 GMT/10:03 CET
11:00-12:15 GMT / 12:00-13:15 CET: Science update and first pictures (NavCam) expected around 12:00 GMT / 13:00 CET
14:00-15:30 GMT/ 15:00-16:30 CET: Rosetta science / Last preparations and then await landing
15:45-16:15 GMT /16:45-17:15 CET: Landing expected at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET (+/- 15 mn)
17:00 GMT /18:00 CET earliest: Presentation of first panoramic (CIVA) image from comet
from: http://www.esa.int/esatv/Television
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I'm just glad for this opportunity....before @elonmusk has a whole swarm of cheap intelligent landers tackling comets left-n-right! #showoff
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I'm feeling all....... I don't know....Schrödinger's cat-sy.
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Nuf' said....
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Ow...owww...owwww... Leg cramp! My leg fell asleep after 10 yrs of being in that crazy Yoga pretzel position! #mmMMMmmYogurtCoveredPretzels
https://twitter.com/SarcasticPhilae
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I'm feeling all....... I don't know....Schrödinger's cat-sy.
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Nuf' said....
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Ow...owww...owwww... Leg cramp! My leg fell asleep after 10 yrs of being in that crazy Yoga pretzel position! #mmMMMmmYogurtCoveredPretzels
https://twitter.com/SarcasticPhilae
