New Nozomi (Planet-B) spacecraft model

[JackHiggins]

Hey all

I know yesterday I said that I wouldn't be posting any more new models for a bit, but I have had Nozomi 99% finished for about 2 weeks, so it didn't seem fair to leave it sitting idly there for another 3...

Like Ulysses, it has large magnetometer booms (4 in this case), which I have an option of downloading or not. It also has the now famous, crinkly aluminium foil effect.

Here are some screenshots (of the one without booms):





And the model with booms on (ambient light is on full so you can see them):



As always, the site is http://homepage.eircom.net/~jackhiggins/celestia/

Enjoy!

[bh]

Jack, you're a bloomin' marvel. Great as usual.

Many thanks...bh.

[bh]

Jack, sorry about this one... I am the Homer Simpson of Celestia... I just can't get on with these xyz....or what evever. They just don't seem to work for me.

Any chance of a simple ssc with orbital data just to slot into extrasolar or solar.ssc?

I've got your Uleysses and new Nozomi models but I have to give them a asteriod type orbit to view them! (I must try a bit harder here).

Any tips on this one? (you seem to know what you're doing here).

Regards...bh.

[selden]

bh,

Jack's zip file includes the xyz trajectory for Nozomi. It's about to make a graviity-assist flyby of the Earth next month, which will make a major change in its orbit. It's scheduled to reach Mars in January.

With that caveat, here's an elliptical orbit definiton good only for today

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# This file contains the orbital elements in Celestia's SSC format.
# for the spacecraft "Nozomi" aka "Planet-B"
# by Selden Ball seb+cel@lepp.cornell.edu
#
# The orbital information was obtained from Horizons
#
"Nozomi" "Sol"
{
   Class "spacecraft"
   Mesh "planetb.3ds"
   Radius                    0.015
        Albedo                    0.7
   RotationPeriod            365
   EllipticalOrbit
   {
      Period             0.9997778777433176
      SemiMajorAxis      9.998519130129708E-01
      Eccentricity       1.674234787646330E-02
      Inclination        6.206272362936036E+00
      AscendingNode      8.820391757998608E+01
      ArgOfPericenter    1.357374905632500E+01
                MeanAnomaly        5.755567328723895E+01
      Epoch        2452700.5
   }
}


[selden]

and here are the orbital elements for 1 Sept. 2003, while it's coasting between Earth and Mars.

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# This file contains the orbital elements in Celestia's SSC format.
# for Nozomi aka "Planet-B" on September 1, 2003
# somewhere between Earth and Mars
# by Selden Ball seb+cel@lepp.cornell.edu
#
# The orbital information was obtained from Horizons
#
"Nozomi-em" "Sol"
{
   Class "spacecraft"
   Mesh "planetb.3ds"
   Radius                    0.015
        Albedo                    0.7
   RotationPeriod            365
   EllipticalOrbit
   {
      Period             1.415528110136012
      SemiMajorAxis      1.260701681601165E+00
      Eccentricity       1.964912955697944E-01
      Inclination        7.713967171615337E-02
      AscendingNode      2.785617213113554E+02
      ArgOfPericenter    3.375070801845527E+02
                MeanAnomaly        5.896641330227659E+01
      Epoch        2452883.5
   }
}


[ElPelado]

the model is grate.

question: why is it called "planet-b"???

jhon, i need some help with the position of a model im doing. if you can help me send me a pm ok?

[bh]

Selden...many thanks for your orbital data on this one.

Regards..bh.

[JackHiggins]

question: why is it called "planet-b"???

All the Japanese spacecraft are given prelaunch names like Planet-A, MUSES-B, Planet-B etc, and are then given their official names later.

Planet A studied Halley's Comet, and was also called Susei (meaning comet).

MUSES-B was a radio astronomy satellite, and was also called Haruka (meaning far away)

Planet B is Japan's first Mars orbiter, and is also known as Nozomi (meaning hope)

The best site for spacecraft mission info & images is http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

I just can't get on with these xyz....or what evever. They just don't seem to work for me.

What problems do you have when using xyz's?

[Guest]

Jack..I'll post some screenshots of my non working xyz..soon.

bh.