Please see the comments below from Richard J. Burley of NASA as I'm not sure he is a member of the Seesat-l list. This is the TLE he attached. 1 26113U 00017A 18023.04851961 +.00000319 +00000-0 +89280-2 0 9991 2 26113 093.9688 259.7987 7375457 279.1838 011.5663 01.68648200109783 Regards, Scott -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: NASA IMAGE - Returns from the Dead Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:13:10 +0000 From: Burley, Richard J.; To: Scott Tilley <sthed475_at_telus.net>, seesat-l_at_satobs.org <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> I have attached the TLE I got this morning from JSPoC/CARA. Looks like a close match. We are in the process of engaging the Deep Space Network to see if they can get a signal lock. They (JPL/DSN) are in the process of digging up 13-year old configuration files for that attempt. The DSN has evolved since then so some adjustments to their system setups will be required. I have no schedule estimate yet for when that first attempt will be made. If we are able to get signal lock and verify that it is IMAGE, we will setup a MINIMAL ops setup to verify telemetry/command and make an initial assessment of the health and viability of the spacecraft bus. I don’t have a credible schedule prediction yet for that step either. Thank you for all of your efforts for IMAGE. IMAGE made ~39 new discoveries about the Earth’s magnetosphere and plasma-sphere. At the time it stopped radiating, NASA HQ ranked IMAGE as the 2nd most valuable space-physics mission flying. A follow-on mission called MMS, with a 4-spacecraft constellation is currently flying, in part, to follow up on these discoveries. Richard J. Burley _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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