From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Dec 26 2003 - 17:59:29 PST
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Still no contact with Beagle 2
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Posted: Fri, Dec 26 11:07 AM ET (1607 GMT)
A second attempt to contact the British-built Beagle 2 Mars
lander failed on Thursday night when an Earth-based radio
telescope could not detect any signals from the spacecraft.
The 76-meter Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in the UK
listened Thursday night but detected no signals from the
spacecraft, which landed on Mars in the early morning hours
Thursday. A radio telescope array in the Netherlands was
also enlisted in the effort to contact the spacecraft, but
strong radio interference interrupted that attempt. NASA's
Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which made the first attempt to
detect Beagle 2 when it passed over the landing site less
then three hours after touchdown, will make another
30-minute pass Friday starting at 12:53 pm EST (1753 GMT).
Jodrell Bank will also listen for spacecraft signals Friday
evening as well. Beagle 2 has 13 more pre-programmed
communications attempts, after which it will transmit a
pulse signal throughout the daylight hours.
Related Links:
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BBC article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3348805.stm
New Scientist article:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994518
ESA press release:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMRT9374OD_index_0.html
PPARC press release:
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/mars/news/nw_26122003_2.asp
News from Beagle 2 web site:
http://www.beagle2.com/news/index.htm
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