Ulysses Space Mission Finally Coming To an End

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday June 27, 2009 @05:27AM from the four-more-year-four-more-years dept.

Dusty writes "After several false alarms, the Ulysses Mission is finally ending. According to the Spacecraft Operations Manager's latest status report, the last track will be on 30th June 2009 from 15:25 until 20:20 UTC. 'We've tried to bolster our dwindling tracking allocation with some success by grabbing antenna time released on short notice (mostly by the Spitzer Project). However, weekly data return figures are now typically 10% or less. And soon, even 512 bps from 70m antennas will be a thing of the past.' Further details about Ulysses' 18-year mission are available from NASA and the ESA. We discussed the failing spacecraft last summer when it looked like its fuel was going to freeze, but through clever engineering, experts managed to squeeze out another year.

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yea by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-27 05:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:Not satisfied with polluting Earth by ColdWetDog · 2009-06-27 06:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Somebody must have gotten rejected for a date. Again.

Umm, mods. It's not that early in the morning. Even if it's Saturday. It may not be incredibly funny, but it's sure not a troll. Who is he dissing? God? Either hit up the Prozac or the coffee or perhaps both. Maybe a cartoon or two.

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it's the end of you willy as you know it by Anonymous Coward · 2009-06-27 06:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

imagine you willy being smacked until it bleeds