The ISEE-3 Reboot Project mission control team for today’s engine firing: From left to right: Austin Epps – Lead Engineer, Jacob Gold – Systems Engineer; Cameron Woodman – Flight Director; Dennis Wingo…
Month: July 2014
ISEE-3 Engines Successfully Fired For Spin-Up
Today we fired the A and B thrusters on ISEE-3 to perform a spin-up burn. Preliminary results confirm the burn and a change in rotation. Spin rate was originally 19.16 rpm. It…
ISEE-3 Location Update 2 July 2014
#ISEE3 now at 0.973 AU from the Sun, 6.47 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/Xi686J0GxD — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) July 2, 2014
ISEE-3 Status Report 1 July 2014 (Update)
We have a window at Arecibo that opens today around 1:00 pm EDT. If all goes according to plan we will attempt to do our spin-up burn today. Once we have reliable…