ISEE-3 Is Doing Science Again

ISEE-3 Science Status Report 7 August 2014
“As promised, the time of closest approach to the Moon is 18:16 UTC (on Sunday, 10 August). Vassilis Angelopolous at UCLA is now involved. He has two spacecraft in lunar orbit and is planning to acquire data during the ISEE flyby in a special telemetry mode. That should add immeasurably to the scientific results. The telemetry signal continues to improve. There is still random telemetry noise but few if any long gaps so there is little disruption of the data and real signals are becoming clear. Don Gurnett’s team (SCH or Plasma Waves) recently reported seeing Auroral Kilometric Radiation from Earth, ion acoustic waves in the solar wind and electron plasma oscillations usually caused by a shock wave. They are debating whether they are seeing waves from Earth’s bow shock or an interplanetary shock.”
– Recent ISEE-3 Electric Wave Experiment Data
– Infographic: ISEE-3 Closest Approach to the Moon
– ISEE-3 Detects Type III Solar Burst
– Updated Ephemeris for ISEE-3 at JPL Horizons for August 2014