6000km? Ok, what part of Earth will be favored by this event? Jim Kingston, Arkansas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert G Fenske Jr" <fenske@rgfpc.electro.swri.edu> To: "Satellite Observer's Mailing List" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 10:37 AM Subject: Stardust Jan 15 flyby info > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > STARDUST Status Report > December 15, 2000 > > There were eight Deep Space Network (DSN) tracking passes during the past > week. All subsystems onboard the spacecraft are performing normally. > > The Earth Gravity Assist (EGA) mission event review was held on December > 7th. The review resulted in a good discussion of the activities planned > for EGA. The planned EGA activities are: > > Jan 5 - Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5) is scheduled for 1000 (MST) > Jan 10 - Transition to a fixed attitude since the angle to Earth will > change rapidly as the closest flyby distance approaches. > Jan 14 - Transition to Gyro Based Attitude Determination. > Jan 15 - At approximately 04:13:40 (MST) the closest approach > will occur, 6000 km from the earth. > Feb 14 - TCM-6 > > The navigation camera's CCD heater remains on and will be kept in this > configuration until Monday December 18th, when the heater will be turned off. > > The STARDUST Outreach team gave a Stardust talk to Science Teachers at the > Maryland Science Center on December 14. > > For more information on the STARDUST mission - the first ever comet > sample return mission - please visit the STARDUST home page: > > http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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