Posted on 06/14/2015 9:19:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The lander “spoke” with its team on ground via Rosetta for 85 seconds — its first contact since going into hibernation in November.
Signals were received at ESA’s European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt at 4:28 p.m. EDT yesterday June 13. The lander sent more than 300 data packets reporting on its condition as well as information about the comet.
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If coming out of hibernation isn’t surprising enough, it appears Philae has been awake for a while because it included historical data along with its current status in those packets. There are still more than 8000 data packets in Philae’s mass memory which will give the mission scientists information on what happened to the lander in the past few days on Comet 67P/C-G.
Philae shut down on November 15 after about 60 hours of operation on the comet after landing at the base of a steep cliff in a shaded area that prevented the solar panels from charging its batteries. Since March 12, the Rosetta lander has been “listening” for a signal from the lost lander.
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
neat, thanks for posting,
Thanks for posting. I have been following Rosetta and Dawn(Ceres).
Encouraging news.
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.
Good stuff!
FR needs a ‘like’ and/or ‘share’
We need to spread the messages farther then just among ourselves
Maybe the $320,000 per year freepathons could buy the about 2 days of software programming this would take
Notice the invocation of God in prayer that the lander would awaken again. Seems that God isn’t completely dead across the pond.
HOO-RAAAY!!! Congrats to the team, and Rosetta, and most of all that plucky lander!!
It said, “Houston, we have a problem.”
Trés cool.
Great to be reminded that there’s still real news.
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