19 Apr
2014
19 Apr
'14
11:08 p.m.
This may interest some list members,
http://www.rockethub.com/projects/42228-isee-3-reboot-project-by-space-coll…
Our plan is simple: we intend to contact the ISEE-3 (International
Sun-Earth Explorer) spacecraft, command it to fire its engine and enter
an orbit near Earth, and then resume its original mission - a mission it
began in 1978. ISEE-3 was rechristened as the International Comet
Explorer (ICE). If we are successful it may also still be able to chase
yet another comet. ...
The "Hack" xkcd http://xkcd.com/1337/ mentions the ISEE-3
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1978-079A
is the NASA National Space Science Data Center ISEE-3 page
They ask
*04/18/14*: We REALLY Need this document: GSFC Document ISEE-733-74-001, Revision C, dated
28 June1976/"International Sun-Earth Explorer - A/C, Electrical//Interface
Specification"/. Does anyone have a copy?