{"id":4874,"date":"2013-10-10T20:56:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T20:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2021-10-02T12:15:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:15:03","slug":"juno-gravity-assist-successful-despite-safe-mode-amateurs-image-the-flyby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4874","title":{"rendered":"Juno gravity assist successful despite safe mode + Amateurs image the flyby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/missionjuno.swri.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juno<\/a>\u00a0spacecraft successfully ricocheted from earth yesterday to set itself on course to Jupiter (see <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier posting<\/a>) :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/juno\/131009safemode\/#.Ulb3rtKTjjY\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Juno goes into safe mode during Earth flyby &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It went into safe mode, some time around closest approach to earth. In safe mode a spacecraft shuts most everything down except the most essential services and prepares to reboot on command from mission control. It&#8217;s a way of dealing with potential computer problems that might otherwise put the system into a permanent hanged state.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this glitch, it looks like everything went well.<\/p>\n<p>Amateur observers around the world were able to track and image the spacecraft during its visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/105430\/amateur-images-show-junos-slingshot-around-earth-was-a-success\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Amateur Images Show Juno\u2019s \u2018Slingshot\u2019 Around Earth Was a Success &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-P351nVqL3r0\/UlaeS8U3KfI\/AAAAAAAABk4\/IUNwbR1mFIA\/s1600\/Juno_Spacecraft_I89_09_October_2013.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[]<\/a><em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/remanzacco.blogspot.it\/2013\/10\/juno-spacecraft-flyby.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Juno Spacecraft Flyby &#8211; Remanzacco Observatory &#8211; Comets &amp; Neo<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Juno\u00a0spacecraft successfully ricocheted from earth yesterday to set itself on course to Jupiter (see earlier posting) :\u00a0Juno goes into safe mode during Earth flyby &#8211; Spaceflight Now. It went into safe mode, some time around closest approach to earth. In safe mode a spacecraft shuts most everything down except the most essential services and prepares &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4874\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Juno gravity assist successful despite safe mode + Amateurs image the flyby<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,37,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-events","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1gC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10893,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10893","url_meta":{"origin":4874,"position":0},"title":"New Horizons spacecraft begins recovery from safe mode incident as Pluto fly-by approaches","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The New Horizons spacecraft, which will fly past Pluto on July 14th, went into safe mode on Saturday. 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