Posted on 10 August 2016 by Daniel
Deep-space manoeuvre Part 2 – the little burn
On Thursday, 11 August, ExoMars/TGO will conduct DSM-2, designed as a follow-on burn to provide whatever additional delta-v is needed after the first burn in July.
Tag Archives: thruster
Posted on 9 December 2015 by Daniel
UPDATED – LISA Pathfinder: Big burn burned
The fourth apogee-raising manoeuvre (ARM#4) is complete. The initial assessment again shows an excellent performance, similar to the three previous orbit-raising burns.
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Posted on 8 December 2015 by Daniel
LISA Pathfinder orbit manoeuvres: so far, so good!
Three done, three to go! These updates were sent in by LISA Pathfinder Spacecraft Operations Manager Ian Harrison Monday evening and this morning, reporting on the results of the Nos. 2 and 3 apogee-raising engine burns (referred...
Posted on 24 January 2015 by Daniel
Burn complete – update at 18:15 CET
An update on today's successful manoeuvre from the Integral Dedicated Control Room at ESOC.
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Posted on 13 June 2014 by Daniel
Rosetta’s Main Burn
A great overview from ESATV on activities at ESOC during the first of Rosetta’s three Big Burns, which took place on 21 May.
Posted on 10 October 2013 by Daniel
Update on Planck’s Big Burn
Update from ESA’s Steve Foley at ESOC, the Spacecraft Operations Manager for Planck. We started the large manoeuvre last night at 23:00 local and watched as the 20N thrusters started up and began to push Planck ever further from her parking position at SEL2. The manoeuvre will take nearly two days as we only fire for a few seconds every minute as we spin around the principle axis at 1 rpm. We checked early this morning on Estrack Malargüe and the burn was on-going, on schedule with all systems nominal. We had used around 20kg of fuel during the night and had achieved a little more than 20% of the required delta-V....