| Date: | 2006-12-26 22:36:00 | |
| Sender: | Andrew Nicholas/NRL <Carey Noll <carey.noll@nasa.gov>> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 1521: ANDE-RR Status | |
| Author: | Andrew Nicholas | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2006-12-26 22:36:00 UTC Message No. 1521 ******************************************************************************** Author: Andrew Nicholas/NRL Subject: ANDE-RR Status The ANDE-RR payloads MAA and FCAL were deployed from STS-116 from Discovery 21-Dec-2006 at approximately 18:22 Z. The FCAL (ILRS ANDERR-P) was nominally deployed as part of the five part assembly. Initial estimates from STS crew video indicate the MAA (ILRS ANDERR-A) did not freely depart from it´s cylinder. Ground sites have been in contact with both the FCal and the MAA spacecraft. Over the next week we expect the number of telemetry packets received to increase. Both payloads have sun sensing devices designed to help monitor spin rates. FCal telemetry indicates it has seen sunlit periods with 3 of 6 sensors showing increased current. We expect to get more statistics from the MAA spacecraft over the next week which should help determine if the MAA was released from the ICU and is seeing sunlight. Now that Discovery has safely landed, the mission flight rules will permit lasing attempts, however at this time the confirmation of the COSPAR identification has not been conveyed. For the safety of the other deployed payloads, as soon as they have been assigned and accurate CPF products produced they will be forwarded through nominal channels to the CDDIS for use by the ILRS tracking systems. This ANDE-RR project wishes all involved happy holidays and looks forward to an exciting opportunity to collect high fidelity measurements in the coming year. Thank you all for your participation. Best Regards, Andrew Nicholas ANDE-RR Principal Investigator ----- Ms. Carey Noll Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau NASA GSFC Code 690.5 Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA E-mail: Carey.Noll@nasa.gov Voice: (301) 614-6542 Fax: (301) 614-6015 WWW: http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov From: Carey Noll ******************************************************************************** |