Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options not deleted user 3075

Questions related to the stream of data, typically transmitted via radio, generated by spacecraft or space missions.

12 votes
1 answer
553 views

What did "verb 50 - noun 90" mean during Apollo 11 powered descent? (1202 alarm)

During powered descent a 1202 alarm occurred when LM Pilot Buzz Aldrin asked the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) for the difference between computed and measured altitude above ground by typing V16N68 …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
4 votes

What did "verb 50 - noun 90" mean during Apollo 11 powered descent? (1202 alarm)

Apparently the answer is "They don't mean anything, it's a telemetry bug". … astronauts typed single-digit verbs and nouns as two digits (0 followed by digit); in this specific case, probably due to hurry caused by alarm, they just typed the "short version", which resulted in the telemetry
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
0 votes

Tracking OSIRIS-REX

I set up a page for visual tracking any space probe using NASA Horizons data: http://win98.altervista.org/space/exploration/3d/space-explorer-tracker.html?orbiter=-37&body=@399 It is not yet finished, …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
0 votes

Tracking OSIRIS-REX

Found realtime telemetries for Osisir Rex "obtained by interpolating the most up-to-date NAIF's files": http://cristianopi.altervista.org/as/sonde_orx/a_temporea.html Related resources: http://cristia …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
2 votes
4 answers
254 views

Tracking OSIRIS-REX

Where could I get real time telemetries for OSIRIS-REX? On official site I can only find "graphical simulated future telemetries", which are not very useful, also because each AAM is stated to occur e …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
3 votes
Accepted

Tracking OSIRIS-REX

Found the solution thanks to uhoh. Use this URL to request Osiris-Rex ephemeris from NASA Horizons site, which corresponds to this batch command: COMMAND='ORX' MAKE_EPHEM='YES' TABLE_TYPE='OBSERVER' …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
3 votes
0 answers
158 views

How to "decode" this ancient log of Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)?

I found this interesting document: https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/apollo_11_computer_words.pdf But the scan quality is very very poor! I tried interpreting the headers, but some character …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
2 votes
2 answers
212 views

How to calculate velocity components of a point on Mars surface w.r.t. Mars center?

I found altitude, speed and acceleration data of old mission Phoenix during EDL phase, but they are referred to Mars c.o.g. rather than to ground or to landing site: Position and velocity (X_POSIT …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
3 votes

How to calculate velocity components of a point on Mars surface w.r.t. Mars center?

I just realized that rather than x/y/z data I can just use latitude, longitude and distance from center both for calculating position and speed w.r.t. surface and landing site, by subtracting from the …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
1 vote

How can I know if NASA Horizons output is measured, calculated, estimated or what-else?

Partial answer to the last part of the question: How can I know when it was last updated and on which basis? Compare the "revision date" in output header to the "Start (TDB)" date of last item i …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043
4 votes
2 answers
191 views

How can I know if NASA Horizons output is measured, calculated, estimated or what-else?

Is it an onboard telemetry? Is it calculated by the time the light takes to go from Earth to S/C and back? How can I know whent it was last updated and on which basis? …
jumpjack's user avatar
  • 3,043