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Subject: Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission to end
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> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:24:02 -0700
> From: Ron Baalke <baalke@...>
> Subject: Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses Mission to End
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> http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM3C61P0WF_FeatureWeek_1.html
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> Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission to end
> European Space Agency
> 26 June 2009
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> Upon receipt of the last command from Earth, the transmitter on Ulysses w=
ill
> switch off on 30 June, bringing one of the most successful and longest
> missions in spaceflight history to an end.
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> After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its
> demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve 'end of
> mission' on 30 June 2009. The final communication pass with a ground stat=
ion
> will start at 17:35 CEST and run until 22:20 CEST (15:35-20:20 UTC) or un=
til
> the final command is issued to switch the satellite's radio communication=
s
> into 'monitor only' mode. No further contact with Ulysses is planned.
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> Ulysses is the first spacecraft to survey the environment in space above =
and
> below the poles of the Sun in the four dimensions of space and time. Amon=
g
> many other ground-breaking results, the hugely successful mission showed
> that the Sun's magnetic field is carried into the Solar System in a more
> complicated manner than previously believed. Particles expelled by the Su=
n
> from low latitudes can climb up to high latitudes and vice versa, even
> unexpectedly finding their way down to planets.
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> Expanding our understanding of the Sun
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> This is very important as regions of the Sun not previously considered as
> possible sources of hazardous particles for astronauts and satellites mus=
t
> now be taken into account and carefully monitored.
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> "Ulysses has taught us far more than we ever expected about the Sun and t=
he
> way it interacts with the space surrounding it," said Richard Marsden, ES=
A's
> Ulysses Project Scientist and Mission Manager.
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> The shut-down of the satellite is a joint decision of the two agencies an=
d
> comes a year after the mission was expected to end.
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> Weakened power supply
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> A year ago, the satellite's power supply had weakened to the point that i=
t
> was thought the low temperatures would cause the fuel lines to freeze up,
> rendering Ulysses uncontrollable.
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> This didn't happen immediately and spacecraft controllers realised that t=
hey
> could keep the fuel warm and circulating by performing a short thruster b=
urn
> every two hours, an ingenious solution that has enabled Ulysses' science
> mission to continue. It was decided to maintain the spacecraft in operati=
on
> using NASA's 70 m-diameter ground station network allocated on a
> 'spare-capacity' basis.
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> But as Ulysses has moved further from Earth, the communications bit-rate =
has
> gone down while other demands for the 70 m-diameter Deep Space Network
> stations have gone up. Most importantly, the overall return of scientific
> data has decreased to a level where it is hard to justify the cost of
> keeping Ulysses in operation.
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> Longevity a tribute to builders and operators
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> "We expected the spacecraft to cease functioning much earlier. Its longev=
ity
> is a tribute to Ulysses's builders and the people involved in operations
> over the years," says Paolo Ferri, Head of the Solar & Planetary Missions
> Division at ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany.
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> He added that, "Although it is always hard to take the decision to termin=
ate
> a mission, we have to accept that the satellite is running out of resourc=
es
> and a controlled switch-off is the best ending."
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> Final mission operations will be conducted from the Ulysses Mission Suppo=
rt
> Area (MSA) located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, USA=
.
> The joint team will include Nigel Angold, ESA Mission Operations Manager,
> and Ed Massey, NASA Project Manager, as well as a number of engineers and
> analysts from both Agencies.
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> "Tuesday will be a very sad day when we send the last commands to Ulysses=
,"
> said Angold. "But I'm very proud that we have overcome the many challenge=
s
> that have come our way over the course of nearly two decades. Its longevi=
ty
> is an indication of the desire for international collaboration on space
> missions. ESA and NASA are to be commended for supporting this unique
> mission until the very end," he added.
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> After shut-off, Ulysses will continue to orbit the Sun, becoming in effec=
t a
> man-made 'comet'.
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> "Whenever any of us look up in the years to come, Ulysses will be there,
> silently orbiting our star, which it studied so successfully during its l=
ong
> and active life," said Marsden.
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> [NOTE: Images and weblinks supporting this release are available at
> http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM3C61P0WF_FeatureWeek_1.html ]
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