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- From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
- Subject: Mars Observer Update - 01/22/93
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- Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project
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- MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
- January 22, 1993
- 10:00 AM PST
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- Flight Sequence C6 B is active. Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer,
- Gamma Ray Spectrometer, and Mars Observer Camera (MOC) instrument
- calibration activities continue.
-
- Digital Tape Recorders 1 and 3 will be played back on January 26 and 27.
- DTRs 1 and 3 contain the Geotail measurement data collected in December.
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- The Spacecraft Team reports that the spacecraft is performing nominally
- in Array Normal Spin. Uplink and downlink are via the HGA (High Gain
- Antenna); uplink is at 125 bps; the downlink rate is being varied among
- 2k engineering, 4k Science and Engineering, and 16K for MOC Focus Test
- activities.
-
- On Wednesday morning, the Thermal Emissions Spectrometer Principal
- Investigator (P. Christensen of ASU) presented an overview of TES
- including scientific objectives, instrument sub-sections, and a summary
- of instrument commanding to Mission Operations System team members.
- Dr. Christensen also discussed the TES Team's rationale for proposed
- instrument calibrations at some point within 10 to 20 days prior to Mars
- Orbit Insertion.
-
- Next week, flight sequence C7 will be updated with final TCM-2
- (Trajectory Corretion Maneuver #2) parameters as developed by the Navigation
- and Spacecraft teams. TCM-2 will provide a velocity change of approximately
- 10 meters/second. Uplink of C7 is scheduled for February 6 with sequence
- activation and the maneuver to take place on February 8.
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