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ISEE-3

More Data From ISEE-3

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
June 3, 2014
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ISEE-3 Mission Status 3 June 2014
“Telemetry we have received from ISEE-3 shows that it is spinning at 19.16 rpm. The mission specification is 19.75 +/- 0.2 rpm. We have also learned that the spacecraft’s attitude relative to the ecliptic is 90.71 degrees – the specification is 90 +/- 1.5 degrees. In addition, we are now receiving information from the spacecraft’s magnetometer.”

Keith Cowing

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

3 responses to “More Data From ISEE-3”

  1. SpaceHoosier says:
    June 4, 2014 at 4:19 pm
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    Congrats to all! I’m continually amazed that after so much exposure to space and miles logged, ISEE-3 is still mostly oriented and right on track as predicted.

  2. Todd Austin says:
    June 4, 2014 at 5:18 pm
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    Do you care about the slightly slower rotation rate? If yes, is it reasonable/possible to attempt to increase it, or can the mission live with that?

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