Hi Rainer , Thanks for the correction.......my info came from Dr Pillinger's press con this morning , perhaps it was the way he "described " it. :O) Regards, John. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Kresken" <rkresken@t-online.de> To: "John Locker" <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 11:49 AM Subject: Re: OT Mars > Hi > >Latest is that Mars Express isnt in the orbit they thought it was , and it > >will be 7/8th before they can try the comms link. > > May I correct you: > Mars Express is precisely in the planned orbit and will perform a apocenter > lowering manoeuver in the afternoon. Assuming this works as planned, the first > favourable passes over Beagle 2 will be on 6th/7th, depending on what you call > favourable. Mars Express is and has been in the nominal mission orbit. Nothing > was changed in this respect in order to speed up the search for Beagle 2. > > Let's keep our fingers crossed! > > Rainer > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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