We have received confirmation from NASA that we have been confirmed for time on the DSN (Deep Space Network) for two-way Doppler and ranging activities with the ISEE-3 spacecraft. This is being…
Category: The ISEE-3 Reboot Project
ISEE-3 Science Instrument Update 12 June 2014
As we recently reported, we are getting telemetry from ISEE-3 indicating that its entire suite of science instruments is powered up and has been powered up since NASA last commanded the spacecraft…
Continued ISEE-3 Detection With an 8 Foot DIsh
This Doppler oscillation measurement shows that the #ISEE3 spacecraft is spinning at 19.163 ±0.02 RPM. @ISEE3Reboot pic.twitter.com/050pw33Pnr — baudline (@baudline) June 7, 2014 IQ plot of #ISEE3 signal shows 60° bi-φ PSK…
ISEE-3 Status Report 9 June 2014 (Afternoon)
During our pass at Arecibo today (remotely conducted via laptop in McMoons in California) we switched ISEE-3’s B transmittier to a data rate of 64 bps. We hope to eventually leave it…
Really Nice Words about ISEE-3 from Space News
ISEE-3 Reboot Project Is Already a Winner, editorial, Space News “Inspiration is a word that gets bandied about a lot in the space business, often as justification for multibillion-dollar programs that never…
Detection of ISEE-3 With a 4.5 Meter Dish in Estonia
Viljo Allik, ES5PC, a member of ESTCube-1 student satellite team at Tartu Observatory, Estonia writes: “I did some receiving experiments today, both on 2217.5 MHz LHCP and 2270.4 MHz RHCP. The RHCP…
HAM Operator Detection of ISEE-3 With an 8 Foot Dish
@ISEE3Reboot @baudline #ISEE3 Today the signal is 1.5dB more strong and and carrier at -23Hz since yesterday pic.twitter.com/U71RWl9wN7 — eb3frn (@eb3frn) June 8, 2014 To detect #ISEE3 a 8 foot dish as…
What ISEE-3 Really Looks Like
This is what ISEE-3 really looks like. It has 4 large antennas that span 91 meters and it spins at 19 rpm – once every 3 seconds. Click on image to enlarge.
Using Doppler Calculations To Determine ISEE-3 Spin Rate
We already have telemetry that shows ISEE-3 to be spinning at 19.16 rpm (spec is 19.75 ±0.02 rpm). According to a tweet by @baudline (Erik) “This Doppler oscillation measurement shows that the…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project In The News
After decades of silence, a vintage spacecraft says hello to Earth, Planetary Society “A group of space enthusiasts and vintage hardware experts walk into a radio observatory. They contact a 36-year-old spacecraft…
ISEE-3 Status Report 6 June 2014 (afternoon)
Here is what 64bps telemetry looks like coming from ISEE-3 after our successful remote commanding today. Click on image to enlarge. Today’s pass with ISEE-3 at Arecibo was under command from a…
Updated Ephemeris for ISEE-3 at JPL Horizons
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 defaults Object Data Page Revised: Jun 05, 2014 ISEE-3/ICE Spacecraft -111 (Heliocentric) UPDATE (2014-Jun-05): Trajectory updated to JPL…