SPACE DISCOVERY

BREAKING NEWS
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CASSINI: NEXT TITAN FLYBY
30 JANUARY 31131 KM




NEXT SPACE LAUNCH
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LAUNCH VEHICLE: PROTON
CARGO PAYLOAD: SES 4
LAUNCH DAY: 28 JANUARY
LAUNCH TIME: 20:23
LAUNCH PAD: 39
LAUNCH SITE: BAIKONUR
COUNTDOWN: T- 00 DAYS
STATUS: !! DELAYED !!




INTERSTELLAR MISSION
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PIONEER 10
EARTH LAUNCH 03.03.1976
MISSION FLIGHT +14574 DAYS
RANGE SUN 15.712.000.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 15.604.000.000 KM
TRAVELLED 16.560.000.000 KM
RANGE ANOMALY 716.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 43000 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 14H 27M 30S

PIONEER 11
EARTH LAUNCH 06.04.1973
MISSION FLIGHT +14175 DAYS
RANGE SUN 12.477.000.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 12.613.000.000 KM
TRAVELLED 16.684.000.000 KM
RANGE ANOMALY 508.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 41000 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 11H 41M 12S

VOYAGER 1
EARTH LAUNCH 05.09.1977
MISSION FLIGHT +12562 DAYS
RANGE SUN 17.881.000.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 17.966.000.000 KM
TRAVELLED 19.695.000.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 61000 KMH
ROUNDTRIP LIGHT 33H 17M 40S

VOYAGER 2
EARTH LAUNCH 20.08.1977
MISSION FLIGHT +12578 DAYS
RANGE SUN 14.589.000.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 14.709.000.000 km
TRAVELLED 18.356.000.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 55000 KMH
ROUNDTRIP LIGHT 27H 15M 28S


CURRENT MISSION AT MARS
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RANGE TO EARTH 124.000.000 KM

ODYSSEY: ORBITER
EARTH LAUNCH 07.04.2001
ARRIVAL ORBIT 24.10.2001
MISSION FLIGHT +3948 DAYS
MISSION ORBIT +3748 DAYS

MARS EXPRESS: ORBITER
EARTH LAUNCH 23.07.2003
ARRIVAL ORBIT 25.12.2003
MISSION FLIGHT +3110 DAYS
MISSION ORBIT +2955 DAYS

OPPORTUNITY: ROVER
EARTH LAUNCH 07.07.2003
MARS LANDING 24.01.2004
MISSION +3126 DAYS
SURFACE +2925 DAYS
LOCATION: ENDEAVOUR CRATER
TOTAL DRIVING 34.361,37 METERS
( 17.01.2012 )

MRO: ORBITER
EARTH LAUNCH 12.08.2005
ARRIVAL ORBIT 10.03.2006
MISSION FLIGHT +2359 DAYS
MISSION ORBIT +2149 DAYS

CURIOSITY: ROVER
EARTH LAUNCH 26.11.2011
MARS LANDING 06.08.2012
MISSION FLIGHT +62 DAYS
MARS LANDING -191 DAYS
RANGE SUN 167.000.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 20.600.000 KM
RANGE MARS 114.600.000 KM
TRAVELLED 165.100.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 106800 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 00H 01M 09S


MISSION IN PROGRESS
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CASSINI
EARTH LAUNCH 15.10.1997
ARRIVAL ORBIT 01.07.2004
MISSION FLIGHT +5218 DAYS
MISSION ORBIT +2766 DAYS
CURRENT ORBIT NO. 160
TRAVELLED 5.896.000.000 KM
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 01H 23M 48S

ROSETTA
EARTH LAUNCH 02.03.2004
MISSION FLIGHT +2887 DAYS
COMET ARRIVAL -824 DAYS
COMET 67P ARRIVAL 01.05.2014
COMET ORBIT 01.08.2014
LANDER LANDING 01.11.2014
RANGE SUN 757.900.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 830.000.000 KM
RANGE COMET 98.200.000 KM
TRAVELLED +5.656.000.000 KM
COMET ARRIVAL -637.000.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 30900 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 00H 48M 26S

MESSENGER
EARTH LAUNCH 03.08.2004
MERCURY ARRIVAL 18.03.2011
MISSIONS FLIGHT +2733 DAYS
MISSION ORBIT +315 DAYS
CURRENT ORBIT NO. 634
RANGE SUN 69.500.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 208.600.000 KM
TRAVELLED +9.150.000.000 KM
TRAVELLED ORBIT +1.264.000.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 173000 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 00H 08M 36S

VENUS EXPRESS
EARTH LAUNCH 09.11.2005
VENUS ARRIVAL 11.04.2006
MISSION FLIGHT +2270 DAYS
MISSION ORBIT +2117 DAYS
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 00H 14M 23S

NEW HORIZONS
EARTH LAUNCH 19.01.2006
ARRIVAL PLUTO 14.07.2015
KUIPER BELT ARRIVAL 2016
MISSION FLIGHT +2196 DAYS
ARRIVAL PLUTO -1263 DAYS
RANGE SUN 3.312.000.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 3.450.000.000 KM
RANGE PLUTO 1.521.000.000 KM
TRAVELLED +3.617.000.000 KM
PLUTO ARRIVAL -1.634.000.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 55300 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 03H 11M 49S

DAWN
EARTH LAUNCH 27.09.2007
MISSION FLIGHT +1583 DAYS
VESTA ARRIVAL ORBIT +194 DAYS
CERES ARRIVAL -1100 DAYS
VESTA ARRIVAL 16.07.2011
VESTA DEPARTURE 20.07.2012
CERES ARRIVAL 01.02.2015
RANGE SUN 359.400.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 452.800.000 KM
RANGE CERES 142.600.000 KM
TRAVELLED +3.101.000.000 KM
TREVELLED ORBIT +308.000.000 KM
CERES ARRIVAL -1.787.000.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 69100 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 00H 18M 50S

LRO
EARTH LAUNCH 18.06.2009
MOON ARRIVAL 23.06.2009
MISSION FLIGHT +950 DAYS
MISSION ORBIT +946 DAYS

AKATSUKI
EARTH LAUNCH 20.05.2010
ARRIVAL VENUS 07.12.2015
MISSION FLIGHT +615 DAYS
ARRIVAL ORBIT -1414 DAYS
RANGE SUN 140.600.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 238.200.000 KM
RANGE VENUS 241.700.000 KM

JUNO
EARTH LAUNCH 05.08.2011
EARTH FLYBY 09.10.2013
JUPITER ORBIT 05.07.2016
MISSION FLIGHT +175 DAYS
EARTH FLYBY -620 DAYS
JUPITER ARRIVAL -1620 DAYS
RANGE SUN 259.000.000 KM
RANGE EARTH 178.400.000 KM
RANGE JUPITER 574.800.000 KM
TRAVELLED +437.600.000 KM
JUPITER ARRIVAL -4.199.000.000 KM
SPACECRAFT SPEED 78900 KMH
ONE WAY LIGHT TIME 00H 09M 55S

GRAIL A + B
EARTH LAUNCH 10.09.2011
MOON ORBIT A 31.12.2011
MOON ORBIT B 01.01.2012
MISSIN FLIGHT +139 DAYS
MOON ORBIT A +27 DAYS
MOON ORBIT B +26 DAYS


ITERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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ISS AT EARTH ORBIT +4816 DAYS
TOTAL CREW MISSION +4103 DAYS
CREW NO. 30 MISSION +075 DAYS
CREW NO. 30 MISSION +038 DAYS
CREW 30: 14.11.11 - 16.03.12
CREW 30: 21.12.11 - 16.05.12
ISS ALTITUDE 350 KM
ISS SPEED 25000 KMH


PROJECT SETI@HOME
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REGISTERED ON: 04.12.2003
SETI USER FOR: 2976 DAYS
TOTAL CREDIT 8.843.850
AVERAGE CREDIT 7.811


PROJECT HELLO FROM EARTH
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PLANET GLIESE 581-D
SEND 25.878 MESSAGES
SEND 28. AUGUST 2009
ARRIVAL 17. FEBRUARY 2030
TRANSMISSION: 2.845.345 BYTES
SENDING +882 DAYS
ARRIVAL -6595 DAYS
DISTANCE TO HELIOPAUSE
+19.844.000.000.000 KM
DISTANCE TO OORT CLOUD
+18.135.000.000.000 KM
DISTANCE TO GLIESE 581-D
-170.872.000.000.000 KM
COUNTDOWN: -18 YEARS 25 DAYS



HOMEPAGE CREATED 01.06.2004

LAST UPDATE 27 JANUARY 2012

ALL TIMES CEWT ( GMT +1 )