Looks like around 19-20 Feb 2015 per this link: http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/31/full-story-delta-2-rises-to-occasion-with-smap-observatory/ "On Day 16, the boom supporting the antenna will be unstowed and extended into a “tail wagging the dog” configuration. It will take 16 minutes for the 16-foot arm to unfold and lock into place. Next, on Day 20, after a few days of monitoring the spacecraft performance in the boom deploy configuration, the antenna itself will be unfurled like a camping chair in a 33-minute procedure. Ron Lee > Has the big antenna been deployed yet? I understood it would be a week or > two before the antenna was opened and a few weeks more before it would be > spun up. After that it should be much brighter and much more interesting > to observe. > > Frank Reed > Conanicut Island USA > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Feb 09 2015 - 13:47:27 UTC
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