Update at 18:04 CET access_time 01/12/2013 chat_bubble_outline 0 comments Kourou station now active; Estrack station engineering team on site already. Team will now configure Kourou station and conduct a data flow test with the Estrack Control Centre located at ESOC. BACC confirms launch set for 17:30 UTC; Kourou expects to acquire signals at 18:36:59 UT, when Chang’E-3 is 19,000 km from the antenna. Written byDaniel Daniel Scuka works on the ESA Communication team. access_time 1 December 2013 chat_bubble_outline 0 comments format_list_bulleted ESTRACK News & updates Operations Discussion: no comments Recent Posts Solar Orbiter phones home via commercial deep space antenna First image of Salsa’s reentry Cluster reentry – live blog All is ready to observe Salsa’s reentry from the air at 18:48 UTC, Sunday 8 September Observing Salsa as it moves around Earth like an asteroid Archives Archives Select Month October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 July 2023 June 2023 November 2021 April 2021 December 2020 October 2020 March 2020 January 2020 April 2019 January 2019 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 CategoriesCategories Select Category Aeolus Aeolus aerobraking Asteroids ATV Audio/music Automation B.USOC BepiColombo Cassini-Huygens Cluster Comet 67P Comment and opinion Curiosity Earth observation Education ERS-2 reentry ERS-2 reentry ESOC ESTRACK EXO EDL ExoMars ExoMars/TGO Flight dynamics Fun Fun stuff Gaia General Images Images of distinction ISS IXV Juice Juice Launch & LEOP Launch campaigns LEOP LPF Mars Express mars yard MAVEN meteron Moons & planets MRO Navigation News & updates Operations opscomm OPSSAT Optical communication Partners Planck Planetary Defence Planetary missions Reentry Rosetta Sci-Fi Science & data Sentinel-1 Sentinel-2 Solar Orbiter Soyuz Space debris Space Safety Space weather SSA SVTs & Simulations Swarm Technology & engineering Training video Recent CommentsArmchair Explorer on Juice’s view of the Pale Blue DotArmchair Explorer on Juice’s view of the Pale Blue Dot:3jörn on Cluster reentry – live blogWenda on Cluster reentry – live blogDavid Evetts on Cluster reentry – live blogTags#LISAPathfinder aerobraking aries asteroid burn chang'e-3 cluster cme debris esoc estrack express flyby galileo goce integral juno kourou l2 launch leop LISA malargue mars moon nasa nos Operations orbit perth re-entry reentry simulation space space debris space safety SSA swarm testing tiangong tiangong-1 tiangong1 tracking venus vex Blogroll Alan Boyle's Cosmic Log Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble and Mars Bad Astronomy Phil Plaite’s award-winning space blog Planetary Society Emily Lakdawalla’s excellent space blog Raumzeit Podcast Top German-language space podcast Scilogs German science blog Universe Today Spacey & up-to-date ESA in FlickrMain ESA Flickr account ESA events in Flickr
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