Just curious...
Since it launched a day late, is there an update somewhere for the MESSENGER mission that I might have missed (which is always probable)? Or is this delay insignificant?
...John...
MESSENGER update?
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MESSENGER update?
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I've just queried xyz data from horizion. They start at 2004-08-03 07:15:00 (liftoff 07:15:56).
This positions the spacecraft above Papua New Guinea, distance to earth is about
1500km.
This is not exactly Florida. What is the problem?
- precision of horizon's data?
- precision of the position of earth (within celestia)?
I'm using the latest CVS celestia (a few days ago) on Linux SuSE 9.1
This positions the spacecraft above Papua New Guinea, distance to earth is about
1500km.
This is not exactly Florida. What is the problem?
- precision of horizon's data?
- precision of the position of earth (within celestia)?
I'm using the latest CVS celestia (a few days ago) on Linux SuSE 9.1
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Re: MESSENGER update?
I've now updated the add-on using the new (post-launch) Horizons trajectory - it's available at http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/hutchison/messenger.htmlDollan wrote:Since it launched a day late, is there an update somewhere for the MESSENGER mission that I might have missed (which is always probable)?
Grant