We successfully commanded ISEE-3 from the 21 meter dish at Morehead State University today. Transponder A was commanded into science telemetry mode. Troubleshooting of the higher data rate issue is ongoing. Meanwhile,…
Month: July 2014
ISEE-3 In The News
Vintage NASA Spacecraft to Tackle Interplanetary Science, Space.com “A private team is priming a 36-year-old NASA spacecraft to perform new science as it travels through interplanetary space after attempts to move the…
ISEE-3 In The News
Vintage NASA Probe Out of Gas, But Still Alive, Private Team Says, Space.com “Alas, ISEE-3 spacecraft, we almost caught you. Attempts to move a 36-year-old NASA probe closer to Earth have failed,…
Crowd Sourced ISEE-3 Monitoring
#ISEE3 is just 2.3M km (7.7 sec) away. Listen to the signal… Chirbit: [Audio] ISEE3 Audio http://t.co/ajn6kMLOgW pic.twitter.com/0XoLtDhDA4 — USA Satcom (@usa_satcom) July 25, 2014 Good signal from @ISEE3Reboot transponder B LHCP…
ISEE-3 Current Location 26 July 2014
#ISEE3 (ICE) now at 0.996 AU from the Sun, 2.24 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/LmgYyHX7w8 — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) July 26, 2014
ISEE-3 Location Update 25 July 2014
#ISEE3 (ICE) now at 0.994 AU from the Sun, 2.46 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/tPHk5dVk7p — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) July 24, 2014
ISEE-3 Reboot Project In The News
The 1970s Spacecraft Is Doing Science Again!, io9 “The citizen science team wanted to execute burns to drop the craft back in its 1978 orbit, but the spacecraft disagreed. The original hope…
Announcing the ISEE-3 Interplanetary Citizen Science Mission
After a successful reawakening the venerable ISEE-3 spacecraft is about to begin the first interplanetary citizen science mission. In April 2014 our team set about bringing the 36 year old ISEE-3 (International…
ISEE-3 Status Report 23 July 2014
We had a session with ISEE-3 today via Arecibo with support from AMSAT-DL/Bochum team in Germany. We engaged in “hammer mode” wherein we tried to open and close all of the latch…
Planetary Radio Segment on ISEE-3
Keith Cowing and the Outrageous ISEE-3 Rebooters , Planetary Radio “They have generated excitement, enthusiasm and support throughout the world. The ISEE-3 Reboot Project has succeeded in gaining control over the 36-year…
ISEE-3 Current Location 22 July 2014
#ISEE3 (ICE) now at 0.992 AU from the Sun, 2.865 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/nbVwkHTaGI — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) July 22, 2014
ISEE-3 Current Location 21 July 2014
#ISEE3 (ICE) now at 0.991 AU from the Sun, 3.04 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/7HGPOOT8yG — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) July 21, 2014