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Looks like the probe didn't make it: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaxa.jp%2Fpress%2F2010%2F12%2F20101208_akatsuki
by elptacek 16y ago
Looks like the probe didn't make it:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaxa.jp%2Fpress%2F2010%2F12%2F20101208_akatsuki_j.html http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl...
- hga 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_%28probe%29#Orbit_insertion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_%28probe%29#Orbit_inse...: "The orbit insertion maneuver was confirmed to have started on time. But after the expected blackout due to occultation by Venus, the communication with the probe did not recover as planned. The probe was found to be in safe-hold mode, spin-stabilized state with 10 minutes per rotation." Due to the low data rate in this mode (low gain, I assume unaimed antenna) it'll take a while to figure out what happened.