ISEE-3 Reboot Project: Critical Communications, The Mad Spaceball “The ISEE-3 mission was launched in 1978. For those people that remember and who lived in that decade, computers and communications weren’t near as…
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ISEE-3 Status 25 June 2014
Our Arecibo pass today was a short one – only 40 minutes. We had some commanding issues again – so there was no spin-up burn attempt made. We did manage to shut…
ISEE-3 Status 24 June 2014: We Almost Did The Spin-up Burn
During our session with Arecibo today we came very, very close to firing the thrusters on ISEE-3 for its spin-up maneuver. But we were not able to complete the process and fire…
Updated Ephemeris for ISEE-3 at JPL Horizons 23 June 2014
Source: JPL HorizonsEphemeris Type:Â OBSERVERTarget Body:Â ICE Spacecraft (ISEE-3) [-111]Observer Location:Â Geocentric [500]Time Span:Â Start=2014-06-05, Stop=2014-07-05, Step=1 dTable Settings:Â defaultsObject Data Page Revised: Jun 23, 2014 ISEE-3/ICE Spacecraft (Heliocentric) UPDATE (2014-Jun-23): Trajectory updated to JPL solution #32…
ISEE-3 Status Report 23 June 2014: DSN Ranging & Spin Up Update
Dennis Wingo: The DSN pass last week on 18 June that went from 1:45 to 2:45 Pacific Daylight time was not a success. Here is a recap of the pass activity. The…
ISEE-3 Current Location 21 June 2014
#ISEE3 now at 0.96 AU from the Sun, 8.68 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/vx6mu0Jj2g — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) June 22, 2014
Video: Original ISEE-3 Trajectory From 1978-1985
Animation by Mike Loucks/SEE: Original trajectory from 1978-1985 showing L1 orbit, cool billiard-ball action w/the Moon and then escape.
Our Donors (In Chronological Order)
Ani Vermeulen, Mike Guillemette, Ken Karalis, Hirose Naoyuki, Kris McCall, Luis Reyes, Daniel Carbone, Zach Shedd, Jonathan Crocker, Mark Laporte, Pierre Hugo, James Harrison, Wade Penner, Christopher P Sagovac, al, Jonty, Peter…
Forbes Cites ISEE-3 as Equity/Fundraising Example
Are You Ready For Liftoff?, Forbes “Once the ISEE-3 campaign was launched and promoted by Sky Corp and Space Ref Interactive, 2,238 supporters weighed in, raising $160, 000, $35,000 more than the…
ISEE-3 Status Report 20 June 2014 (afternoon)
We had to scrub ISEE-3 spin-up burn for today. We can’t confirm receipt of commands in real time by the spacecraft. If we cannot confirm that proper commands were sent to propulsion…
ISEE-3 In The News
Watch the Deep Space Network Talk to Reclaimed Spacecraft, io9 “I am fascinated by all of this — using new technology to impersonate old technology to rebuild communications with a spacecraft that…
ISEE-3 Status Report 19 June 2014 (afternoon)
After our first attempt to do DSN ranging yesterday we discovered that we need to put ISEE-3 into coherent ranging mode and then promptly issue commands. If we wait too long the…