10-March-2006, 03:58 PM
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MRO orbit insertion
I'm going to start a separate thread to follow today's events. Here's some info (courtesy of 01101001):
NASA TV Live Events, News and Special Event Programs:
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March 10, Friday
12 p.m. – Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Pre-Arrival News Briefing - JPL (Interactive Media Briefing) (Public and Media Channels)
3:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Coverage - JPL (Mission Coverage) (Public and Media Channel)
7:30 p.m. - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Post-Arrival News Briefing - JPL (Interactive Media Briefing) (Public and Media Channel)
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From the MRO Arrival Press Kit (PDF about 1 megabyte):
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Insertion Events and Approximate [Earth-Received] Times
March 10, 2006
Pacific / Eastern / Event
7:24 a.m. 10:24 a.m. Final trajectory correction maneuver (if needed)
1:07 p.m. 4:07 p.m. Start of turn to orbit-insertion attitude
1:19 p.m. 4:19 p.m. End of turn to orbit-insertion attitude
1:24 p.m. 4:24 p.m. Start of orbit-insertion burn by main thrusters
1:45 p.m. 4:45 p.m. Entry into shadow of Mars, shift from solar to battery power
1:47 p.m. 4:47 p.m. Loss of signal as spacecraft goes behind Mars
1:51 p.m. 4:51 p.m. End of orbit-insertion burn (though still out of contact)
2:01 p.m. 5:01 p.m. End of turn toward Earth pointing (still out of contact)
2:16 p.m. 5:16 p.m. Reacquisition of signal as orbiter emerges from behind Mars
All times in Earth-received time, the time at which the radio signals from the spacecraft reach Earth. The distance between the two planets on March 10 will be 215 million kilometers (134 million miles). Traveling at the speed of light, radio signals take 12 minutes to travel from Mars to Earth.
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