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Originally Posted by 01101001
(Possible) LOI burn:
October 4, 0601 JST.
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Update:
KAGUYA (SELENE) Lunar Orbit Injection Maneuver (LOI1), October 4 (PDF) (via
Kaguya Topics)
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to carry out a lunar orbit injection maneuver (LOI1) for the "KAGUYA" (SELENE) from around 5:55 a.m. on October 4, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST.)
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That would make LOI 2 hours and 5 minutes from now.
October 3, 1355 PDT
October 3, 1655 EDT
October 3, 2055 UTC
October 4, 0555 JST
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We plan to announce the result of the LOI1 around 9:00 a.m. on October 5 (JST)
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Aha. They didn't need to do the correction on September 30. They just made the Earth movie that day.
Coming up, after some more burns to refine the orbit,
Kaguya starts having babies:
- October 09 (JST): Relay Satellite Separation
- October 15 (JST): VRAD Satellite Separation