Nasa is not exactly sure if it will be useful to anyone but who knows what will come up. It is solar powered therefore not that useful for deep space. I believe all of its nav sensors are still functional so it could be used for a rough form of imaging task perhaps. Depending on its remaining fuel load, we will just have to wait and see. I expect it will be placed in a dormant state until it is needed. td >From: "Robert Reeves" <reeves10@swbell.net> >To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> >Subject: Re: Stardust question >Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:00:35 -0600 > > > After separation of the Stardust reentry module on January 15 what > > happened with the main satellite bus ? > > > > Did it also reenter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up or did it > > continue its journey in heliocentric orbit ? > > In which orbit is it now and is it still functioning and to be used > > for solar system research ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tristan Cools > > BWGS > >After releasing the entry capsule, the spacecraft bus was nudged into a >trajectory that missed Earth. It is still in heliocentric orbit. I'm not >sure >of the long-term plan for it. > >Robert Reeves +29.484 98.440 >reeves10@swbell.net San Antonio, Texas >www.robertreeves.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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