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- From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
- Subject: Mars Observer Update - 12/22/92
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:29:39 GMT
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- Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project
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- MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
- December 22, 1992
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- The C5A sequence continues to clock out and the C5B
- sequence is being readied for early January uplink, pending
- final confirmation of the date for transition to outer cruise
- attitude.
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- The SCT has successfully loaded the I + 89 star catalogs and
- ephemeris updates and the spacecraft is collecting stars while
- in the Sun Star Init mode. The spacecraft will be commanded
- back to the Array Normal Spin mode this afternoon.
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- The spacecraft is expected to be placed in the outer cruise
- configuration in early January, which positions the spacecraft
- HGA (High Gain Antenna) and solar array towards earth. Following
- transition to outer cruise, the HGA will be activated. Following a
- short calibration period, the HGA will then be utilized throughout
- the rest of the mission for nominal operations. Until this
- transition point, the spacecraft will remain very inactive, with
- only star catalog updates planned.
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- The spacecraft engineering elements and payload instruments
- continue to perform well, and within specification.
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