gary
02-06-2014, 05:59 PM
Rachel Courtland in an article on the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) web site (http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/isee3-update) reports on a private team of space
enthusiasts who raised nearly USD160,000 and that have successfully begun
two-way communication with the 35-year-old ISEE-3 (International Sun/Earth Explorer, later International Cometary Explorer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cometary_Explorer))
spacecraft using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
ISEE-3 was one of the first spacecraft ever placed near the L1 point (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point)
and was the first spacecraft ever to visit a comet when it passed through
the tail of Giacobini-Zinner in 1985.
However, NASA lost contact with the spacecraft in 1998.
The ISEE-3 Reboot team's intent is to -
Article here - http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/isee3-update
More about the project here -
http://spacecollege.org/isee3/we-are-now-in-command-of-the-isee-3-spacecraft.html
Team twitter feed here -
https://twitter.com/isee3reboot
Engineers (IEEE) web site (http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/isee3-update) reports on a private team of space
enthusiasts who raised nearly USD160,000 and that have successfully begun
two-way communication with the 35-year-old ISEE-3 (International Sun/Earth Explorer, later International Cometary Explorer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cometary_Explorer))
spacecraft using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
ISEE-3 was one of the first spacecraft ever placed near the L1 point (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point)
and was the first spacecraft ever to visit a comet when it passed through
the tail of Giacobini-Zinner in 1985.
However, NASA lost contact with the spacecraft in 1998.
The ISEE-3 Reboot team's intent is to -
Article here - http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/isee3-update
More about the project here -
http://spacecollege.org/isee3/we-are-now-in-command-of-the-isee-3-spacecraft.html
Team twitter feed here -
https://twitter.com/isee3reboot