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Where to watch the Rosetta flyby of Lutetia
Written by
Emily Lakdawalla
July 10, 2010
A quick post to gather information on where to watch the events of today's flyby of asteroid (21) Lutetia by Rosetta:
ESA's Rosetta blog - Daniel Muller's countdown clock - ESA Operations on Twitter - DLR on Twitter (for Philae info) - Andy Rivkin on Twitter
ESA's live stream is embedded below, but can be seen at higher resolution here.
Watch live streaming video from eurospaceagency at livestream.com
Times of day for the most critical events, spacecraft event time (SCET) and Earth Received Time (ERT) for Universal Time, Central European Summer Time, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, and U.S. Pacific Daylight Time:
| UT (SCET) | UT (ERT) | CEST | EDT | PDT | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:45 | 13:10 | 15:10 | 09:10 | 06:10 | Switch to autonomous tracking |
| -- | 16:00 | 18:00 | 12:00 | 09:00 | Start of webcast |
| 15:40 | 16:05 | 18:05 | 12:05 | 09:05 | Loss of signal |
| 15:45 | 16:10 | 18:10 | 12:10 | 09:10 | Closest approach |
| 15:55 | 16:20 | 18:20 | 12:20 | 09:20 | End autonomous tracking |
| 16:20 | 16:45 | 18:45 | 12:45 | 09:45 | Return of signal (latest) |
| -- | 16:47 | 18:47 | 12:47 | 09:47 | Webcast pause |
| 17:40 | 18:06 | 20:06 | 14:06 | 11:06 | Downlink start |
| -- | 21:00 | 23:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | Webcast resume |
| -- | 21:05 | 23:05 | 17:05 | 14:05 | Likely first image (later if World Cup match runs overtime) |
| -- | 21:45 | 23:45 | 17:45 | 14:45 | Webcast end |
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