... XmTel is a telescope control interface designed to to communicate with a telescope server, and Elwood Downey's XEphem, through the INDI protocol. It will also operate as a free-standing program for control of telescopes that use the NexStar, Paramount, and LX200 command sets, telescope drive systems built using Galil's industrial motion controller, and RC Optical's Professional series fork mount with electronics from Telescope Control Systems. ... See the notes in the Galil controller directory. ...

ESOC TDRS / MUST and what it might do for you .. XMM-Newton Deputy Spacecraft Operations Manager with Inputs from JosИ-Antonio MartМnez-Heras, Black Hat S.L., Spain European Space Agency (ESA) European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) Dr. Marcus G. F. Kirsch March 2009 M.Kirsch, XMM-Newton European Space Operations Center Page 1 menu ESOC · TDRS · MUST · How can I use it? ... M.Kirsch, XMM-Newton European Space Operations Center Page 7 How does MUST work? ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

... Customer Service . ... space flight . ... space physics . ... Eicher book signing at Northeast Astronomy Forum . ... NASA signs agreement for a European-provided Orion service module . ... As part of a new agreement between the two space agencies, the European Space Agency will provide the service module for NASAт??s Orion spacecraft. ... NASA signed an agreement in mid-December for the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide a service module for the Orion spacecraftт??s Exploration Mission-1 in 2017...

... Space flight . Crew training . ... honing the skills of performing the tasks of operating the orbital (suborbital) spaceship in a normal autonomous flight and in case of occurrence of off-optimum situations; . ... preparing for conducting visual observations, photographing and video filming envisaged by the flight program; . ... preparing the astronaut's body to the effect of space flight factors, honing the skills of operating the spaceborne medical facilities, rendering self and mutual aid; . ...

... Monitor short-term and long-term performance of all pipeline supported instrument modes, to assure that ESO delivers astronomical data of known and controlled quality . Follow the execution of instrument calibration plans; work with Paranal Science Operations to maintain calibration plans . Process all pipeline supported calibration data; ingest certified calibration products into the Archive . Create associations for all pipeline supported science data and archive them . ...

... Meade Instruments Corporation . ... 505 Connector Cable Set . Operating Instructions for use with the Meade? Autostar? ... The #505 Connector Cable Set provides access to three Autostar operations: . ... 2: #505 Connector Cable Set connects between two Autostar handboxes. (1) 3-foot cable. ... If you have a question concerning use of the #505 Connector Cable Set, call the Meade Instruments Customer Service Department at (949) 451-1450, or fax at (949) 451-1460. ... Autostar Downloads . ...

T he Siding Spring Survey (SSS) is a Near-Earth Object search program that utilises the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, N.S.W., Australia. ... The mission of the Siding Spring Survey is to contribute to the inventory of near-earth objects (NEOs), or more specifically, the potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) and comets (PHOs) that may pose a threat of impact and thus harm to civilization. ... Based on the CSS Mission page . ... Siding Spring Survey Main Page . ...

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... In less then one day "Mir" station will finish its flight. ... Besides, the operability of motion control systems will be tested to ensure further dynamic operation at the final stage of "Mir" complex. ... The final third burn is given in daily orbit 2 using the "ProgressM1-5" 8 control engines and its main engine with the trust of 300 rg/s. Thus, to peform deorbit maneuver the OC"MIr" real-time tested manuevers involving control engines and their combination with the main engine are used. ...

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... An Ion Drive for Deep Space 1 . ... Credit: New Millennium Program , JPL , NASA Explanation: Space travel entered the age of the ion drive in 1998 with the launch of Deep Space 1 , a NASA mission designed primarily to test new technologies. Although the ion drive on Deep Space 1 provided acceleration much smaller than we feel toward Earth , it gradually gave the spacecraft the speed it needed to travel across our Solar System . ... The spacecraft was retired in December 2001 . ...

... Annual Report . ... 2011 Annual Report (pdf, 2 MB) . ... The ASP is pleased to provide a summary of our mission-based activities and events through the 2010 ASP Annual Report. ... 2009 Annual Report, screen resolution (pdf, 2.3 MB, best for viewing online) . 2009 Annual Report, print resolution (pdf, 4.5 MB, best for printing) . ... 2008 Annual Report, screen resolution (pdf, 3.4 MB, best for viewing online) . 2008 Annual Report, print resolution (pdf, 5.2 MB, best for printing) . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Concept Spacecraft . ... Monthly Sky Notes . ... October . ... By admin September 30, 2011 Posted in: Human Exploration . Gemini Spacecraft: The red and gold spheres in the Equipment Module are propellant tanks and the red cylinder in the nose is the parachute pack. ... Image credit: NASA) . ... Amazingly in 2011, an outfit called Space Operations Inc proposed launching updated Geminis (rebadged as Eclipse spacecraft) for commercial clients! ...

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The paper presents the 'Neptune-ME' information display system (IDS) as a spaceman console (SC) of the descent module of the 'Soyuz -TMA' piloted transport spaceship, and the integrated console (IC) of manual control loop for module equipment in the Russian segment of the 'Alpha' international space station. ... to control spaceship systems; . ... An integrated control console (ICC) which is hardware and software compatible with a IBM PC, is suggested as a basic console for the manual control loop. ...

... Ballistics, navigation and flight control of the spacecraft, going to the L2 point of Sun-Earth system. ... and calculation algorithms have been developed: - an algorithm, building nominal trajectories for one impulse flights to the L2 point of Sun- Earth system, including a Moon swingby maneuver or not. - an algorithm, calculating corrections of spacecraft trajectory needed for the flight from Earth to halo orbit and for stationkeeping of the spacecraft moving in halo ...

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