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TOPIC: HAYABUSA (MUSES-C) mission


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AT 6:30 JST, the altitude was approximately 330 meters

27 minutes to touchdown

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At 6:25 JST, the altitude was approximately 360 meters.
GO command for the touchdown issued.

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6:23 JST GO/no go decision

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At 6:10 JST, the altitude was approximately 440 meters.

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The spacecraft has initiated vertical descent.

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At 5:55 JST, altitude is approximately 460 meters.

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Itokawa's image captured at 4:49 JST.


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Itokawa's image captured at 4:49 JST. The shadow of Hayabusa is seen.
Credit JAXA



Operation room #1

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Live stream from mission control. (media player)

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The mission schedule:

22:00 25th JST, 13:00 25th UTC: Mission begins.
4:00 26th JST, 19:00 25th UTC: Announces about guidance navigation.
6:00 26th JST, 21:00 25th UTC: Go / No go decision.
7:00 26th JST, 22:00 25th UTC: Touchdown
11:00 26th JST, 2:00 26th UTC: Telemetry recovers, enables to get information from Hayabusa.
13:00 26th JST, 4:00 26th UTC: Press conference.


Itokawa's image captured at 1:58 JST.
Credit JAXA

At 3:00 JST (onboard time), the distance between (centre) of Itokawa and Hayabusa was approximately 780 meters. Hayabusa was descending at a rate of 1.6 centimetres per second.

At 3:24 JST (onboard time), the altitude of Hayabusa was approximately 570 meters.


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At 4:00 JST, the altitude of Hayabusa wass approximately 500 meters

-- Edited by Blobrana at 19:37, 2005-11-25

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