[meteorite-list] Beagle 2 Update - December 26, 2003

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:04 2004
Message-ID: <200312260253.SAA18535_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

ESA News
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26 December 2003

Beagle 2 status report ...

Between 23:20 and 00:40 CET [2220 - 2340 UTC, 25 December] on
25/26 December, the 76-metre radio telescope dish at the Jodrell
Bank Observatory, UK, attempted to detect a signal from the
Beagle 2 lander. No signal was detected.

On 26 December, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will carry out
another pass of the landing site at 19:14 CET [1814 UTC]. This
will be followed up by another sweep by Jodrell Bank early on
the morning of 27 December, between 00:20 and 01:00 CET
[2320 UTC, 26 December - 0000 UTC, 27 December].

While initial attempts to detect a signal from the tiny
spacecraft have failed, further efforts are scheduled whenever
possible during the next few days.
Received on Thu 25 Dec 2003 09:53:39 PM PST