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ISEE-3

ISEE-3 Reboot Team Is Ready To Make First Contact

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
May 28, 2014
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Keith’s note: We have had the ability to contact the ISEE-3 spacecraft since last Friday. All hardware is in place at Arecibo and has been tested end-to-end. We are now awaiting authorization to proceed from NASA. First Contact can then happen almost immediately once our window opens.
Every day we delay shortens the time available to contact the spacecraft and begin the process of understanding its condition and verifying our ability to command it. The longer we wait, the more fuel and thrusting time will be required. This will soon become a critical factor as we get into the month of June. Given that the spacecraft is not where everyone thought it would be, the possibility of a lunar impact cannot be discounted. Yet another reason why we need to make First Contact ASAP.

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

11 responses to “ISEE-3 Reboot Team Is Ready To Make First Contact”

  1. DTARS says:
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    “We are now waiting on autherization to proceed from NASA”

    Figures

    Lol

  2. Tim Blaxland says:
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    Well, good luck.

  3. Steven Rappolee says:
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    not to worry………………………..
    I am ISEE;VEGER……………..
    I am heading to earth
    looking for my creator
    I am bringing telemetry porn for all to see………………….

  4. djschultz3 says:
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    Now who would have guessed that paperwork would be the limiting factor in rebooting the old satellite? Just about what I expect in any project involving NASA.

    • Denniswingo says:
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      The processing has finished its process and now we have been processed. However, we must first ask permission to process what was processed….