GALILEO STATUS REPORT
Earth Flyby
December 8, 1992
Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager
The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the dual-spin mode and is transmitting coded telemetry at 115.2 Kbps (115,200 bits/second).
Yesterday, part 2 of the EE-11 Earth encounter memory load sequence was uplinked. Moon closest approach occurred at approximately 7:58 PM PST. The stored sequence controlled Sun vector update was performed. Continuous tracking was scheduled over DSS-12 (Goldstone 34 meter antenna), DSS-14 (Goldstone 70 meter antenna), DSS-16 (Goldstone 26 meter antenna), DSS-42 (Canberra 34 meter antenan), DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna), DSS-61 (Madrid 34 meter antenna) and DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter antenna).
Today, December 8, 1992, Earth closest approach occurred at approximately 7:09 AM PST. Real-time commands are being sent to enable the Sun algorithms, set the Command Loss Timer to 11 days, and update attitude control bright body vectors. Near continuous tracking is scheduled over DSS-12, DSS-16, DSS-42, DSS-43, DSS-46 (Canberra 26 meter antenna) and DSS-63.
Tomorrow, Earth closest approach and SSI (Solid State Imaging camera) zoom movie observations are continuing. A GOPEX (Galileo Optical Communications Experiment from an Earth-based Xmitter) experiment is scheduled to begin. Tracking is scheduled over DSS-14, DSS-43 and DSS-63.
[Below I've summarized some of the highlights of Galileo's 1992 Earth-Moon encounter.
Ron Baalke
Sunday, 01-Aug-2004 00:36:47 CDT
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