[amsat-bb] [Forum] Bob Farquhar SK

[Peter Guelzow]

It was indeed on 18th of October, not August....


Am 19.10.2015 um 22:58 schrieb Peter Guelzow:
> Robert W. Farquhar, PhD (1932-2015)
>
> It is with great sadness to inform you that Robert W. Farquhar, former
> flight director of the ISEE-3 mission passed away on _October_ 18th, 2015.
>
> Bob’s dissertation was key to halo orbits around libration points, which
> are now used by many science missions. After redirecting the ISEE-3
> mission to comet Giacobini-Ziner in 1985 he developed the trajectory
> with eventually returned ISEE-3 to earth’s vicinity in 2014, where with
> his assistance an international team successfully regained control of
> the aging spacecraft.
>
> Our heart goes out to his family and friends and all those who were
> close to him.
>
> Peter Guelzow, DB2OS
> AMSAT-DL