Saturday, June 12, 2010

Asteroid Explorer "HAYABUSA"(MUSES-C) Capsule reentry plan

Look up.
- LRK -

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http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/06/20100612_hayabusa_e.html
Asteroid Explorer "HAYABUSA"(MUSES-C)
Capsule reentry plan

June 12, 2010 (JST)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) assessed the trajectory of Hayabusa and confirmed that it was nominal.
JAXA will implement the capsule reentry plan.

Hayabusa system is going well.

The following are main capsule reentry plans.

   * Around 6/13 19:51(JST) : Capsule separation
   * Around 6/13 22:51(JST) : Capsule reentry

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It has been a long wait.
- LRK -

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http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/muses_c/index_e.html
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HAYABUSA, which was launched on May 9, 2003,achieved its goal of arriving at the Itokawa asteroid and performing scientific observations. As a result, its mission was featured in the scientific magazine "Science" as a first Japanese mission to illustrate various new findings about the asteroid including its gravity and surface conditions. HAYABUSA is now under preparations for its return trip to the Earth in 2010.
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JST is UT + 9:00 so waiting is about over.
- LRK -

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http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/t/time.htm
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TIME ZONES:

The world is broken into 24 separate time zones that are used to help determine the time in all areas of the world. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) or UT (Universal Time) is a method of referencing the time differences across the world. The GMT or UT is centered in the middle of the time zone as 12:00. Any time zone to the left of this is -GMT or -UT and  any time zone to the right of this is +GMT or +UT. Below is a listing of time zone abbreviations, time zone descriptions and the UT difference.

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Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

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