| Date: | 2003-01-13 18:40:00 | |
| Sender: | Mike Pearlman, Director, ILRS Central Bureau <Mike Pearlman <mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu>> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 1036: ICESat is launched | |
| Author: | Mike Pearlman, Director, ILRS Central Bureau | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2003-01-13 18:40:00 UTC Message No. 1036 ******************************************************************************** Author: Mike Pearlman, Director, ILRS Central Bureau Subject: ICESat is launched Subject: ICESat is launched Subject: ICESat is launched Dear Colleagues, ICESat was launched on time today, January 13, 2003 (at 6:45 pm Austin time). As of this writing ICESat has successfully separated and deployed solar panels. There are several milestones ahead, but the mission is off to a great start. The GPS receivers will be turned on about 3 days after launch. The spacecraft contractor will be spending the first several weeks in spacecraft ”shakedown” tests. The ILRS observational support is not finalized. Network support is not yet required. Special tests will be made to verify the use of the GPS data in the SLR predictions. We will keep you informed. Best regards, Mike Dr. Michael R. Pearlman Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 tel. (617) 495-7481 fax. (617) 496-0121 e-mail. mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu From: ”Mike Pearlman” ******************************************************************************** |