Source: JPL HORIZONSEphemeris Type: OBSERVERTarget Body: ICE Spacecraft (ISEE-3)Observer Location: Geocentric [500]Time Span : Start=2014-07-04, Stop=2014-08-03, Step=1 dTable Settings: defaultsObject Data Page UPDATE (2014-Jul-03): Trajectory update from ISEE-3 Reboot based on Arecibo…
What Can NASA Learn From ISRO?
NASA Needs an Indian Tutorial, Bloomberg Review “What can the U.S. space program learn from the Indian one? Not much, if the standard is outer-space achievement: India’s modest record mostly includes feats…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project In The News
ISEE-3 Propulsion System Awakens at 11th Hour, Space News “If ISEE-3 makes it back to Earth-sun Lagrange Point 1, Cowing and Wingo plan to command the spacecraft from mission control McMoons: an…
Additional ISEE-3 Spin-up Confirmation
Further confirmation of the ISEE-3 spin-up burn yesterday. Before the burn (actually 11 pulses on the spacecraft’s hydrazine thrusters) the spin rate of ISEE-3 was 19.16 rpm. After spin-up burn it was…
ISEE-3 Current Location 3 July 2014
#ISEE3 now at 0.974 AU from the Sun, 6.28 million km from the Earth. pic.twitter.com/9DjPaUoVh3 — Mike Loucks (@Astrogator_Mike) July 3, 2014
Jóvenes por el Espacio Grupo México Listens to ISEE-3
From Pat Barthelow on Facebook: (translation): Hey Folks! Just heard from my Moonbounce friends (Jan, PA3FXB and team) in Dwingeloo Holland (PI9CAM) who have a 25 meter Moonbounce dish, that they are…
Notes on the ISEE-3 Vector Helium Magnetometer From the Original Principal Investigator
Ed Smith, Original Original Principal Investigator on ISEE-3 Vector Helium Magnetometer: The effort to recapture the ISEE-/ ICE spacecraft has just achieved a notable scientific success. Data recovered from the spacecraft very…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project Mission Control Team
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…
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…
Screengrab: Observing Session at Morehead State during Second ISEE-3 DSN Pass
This is a screen grab taken at Morehead State University during our second DSN pass with ISEE-3 on 27 June. Morehead was observing the session and recording data. If you look at…