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gironde wrote:Thank you, Art Blos, for this new model of Phobos-Grunt

Thanks Toutatis. I just shared.

Yes,
Yes thanks to Toutatis for having done it and to Art Blos for having posted it

Luna 3 model after assigning materials, before texturing... (false colors)

Excellent thread..!!!

I will present Luna-3 model and add-on here during 12 hours... but job is done already...

in the pictures, Luna-3 at minimum distance from the Moon... min distance: 6182,2 km in Celestia ( 6200 km in Wikipedia)... Closest approach: 1959, October 6, 14:18:20 UTC in Celestia ( 14:16:00 UTC in Wikipedia)...

after launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan)...

Because there is no a lot of data about this flight and I don't have the computers like in NASA, in my version of the mission, entrance in the atmosphere and next decay of Luna-3 spacecraft occurred in the night sky over the west part of the South America... on December 9, 1959, 07:14:12 UTC...

This is really incredible. You're doing amazing work.

This is really incredible. You're doing amazing work.

Thanks, Sirius_Alpha...

*** Luna-3 *** add-on....

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Luna-2 add-on soon...

Hi Toutatis.
Is there any possibility thet you will realize the next Mars 2020 Mission Rover?
Here a very nice movie showing clearly it
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/rover/
It looks quite similar to Curiosity.
Bye.
Goofy

Added later: I found a 3D model by emin31284, License:CC Attribution Creative Commons, here:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mars-2020-4024a6f6637f4c8a9e5a99a2d0450c81
Il looks not so bad, IMHO.

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Some images of that 3D model.
Bye.
Goofy

Is there any possibility thet you will realize the next Mars 2020 Mission Rover?

Okay Goofy... I will think about it...

Luna-2 before impact... just several seconds... In real it occurred 1959, 13 December, 21:02:24 UTC... In Celestia it occurred 1959, 13 December, 21:02:05 UTC... about impact place... in real it impacted the Moon's surface east of Mare Imbrium with coordinates 29,1 degrees North latitude - 0 degrees East longitude... In Celestia it place with latitude about 29 degrees but longitude is about 26 degrees...
what I can say... without NO historical data about orbital parameters after launch it too hard to solve this problem... AND... I use SPICE kernels (from NASA) for making trajectories, so it brings some difference when I use these trajectories in Celestia... but anyway I reached Mare Imbrium too...

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maybe with time I will make more correct trajectory...

*** Luna-2 *** add-on...

2 Luna probes in a few days, it's great. Bravo Toutatis.
There are still 22!

There are still 22!

New SWIFT model in Sunday 11...

thinking about this too...

Swift actually needs a refresh
SPITZER ? Yes

I had thought of Akatsuki (Planet-C), Nozomi (Planet-B), Suisei (Planet-A) and Sakigake
Suisei and Sakigake are identical
Nozomi (Planet-B) and Planet-C (Akatsuki) are on HORIZONS

and also Hayabusa1 and 2 which we talked about a lot these days (all 2 on HORIZONS)