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The press briefing today (11/30) covered details on the capsule separation and re-entry. After TCM-3, the orbit of the spacecraft has been accurately estimated, so scheduled times are now more definite. Please see the press briefing material for more news:

http://hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/enjoy/material/press/Hayabusa2_Press_20201130_ver8_en2.pdf

8:36 PM · Nov 30, 2020·Twitter for Mac

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Susan Minamide

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Wolf D. Vogt

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Having been the project manager for the development of the reaction wheels, I'm proud to be a small part of this beatiful mission. Thumbs pressed for the finale.

barry goldman

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 so this translates to about 12:40pm afternoon on 5nov for est east coast usa?  i get so confused by time zones!

Elizabeth Tasker

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I’m not sure which time you’re trying to convert, but I put a few of the key times in UTC in this doc:

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Elizabeth Tasker

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 · Nov 23

JAXA’s Hayabusa2 asteroid mission is returning to Earth on DECEMBER 6.

Media folks, are you interested in covering the Earth return but struggling to catch up on mission information? I made you a (unofficial) crib sheet! Will update over the next 2 weeks.

https://bit.ly/3lV0Uwy

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Preet Sojitra

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So finally it is near..... Very excited.....

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Preet Sojitra

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Are this TCMs manually controlled or it is done by onboard computers??

Raz Ziv

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So if I understand correctly the final correction is 12/1 and then aim for Australia from a distance of 220,000 km with no means to correct?? Yep. This beats Wilhelm Tell. Good luck BatHot pepper!