| Date: | 1999-09-15 20:57:00 | |
| Sender: | Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau <[Mailed Mike Pearlman <mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu>]> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 445: SUNSAT Tracking Campaign | |
| Author: | Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 1999-09-15 20:57:00 UTC Message No. 445 ******************************************************************************** Author: Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau Subject: SUNSAT Tracking Campaign Dear Colleague, The ILRS Governing Board has approved a 6 month tracking campaign on SUNSAT. This approval is based on the Mission Support form submitted to the ILRS in April and presented at the ILRS General Meeting at the Hague. SUNSAT provides an opportunity for an engineering test of the new on-board GPS system. No other opportunities for such a test have been available so far, so this test is quite important. Further information on the satellite mission can be found on the ILRS web site. An informal SLR campaign has been underway since June, while the project addressed some on-board systems problems. The SUNSAT Project has now informed us that the GPS receiver is providing proper data, and they request commencement of the formal campaign. The formal SUNSAT Campaign will begin on Friday, September 17 and will continue through April 17, 2000. Periodic assessments will be made during this time in case adjustments are required. SUNSAT will occupy fifth priority, just after Topex/Poseidon. ATSC will continue to provide IRV´s through the regular prediction channels. Weekly reports on campaign status will also be issued on email. Please provide whatever support you can to this campaign. Good luck, Mike Dr. Michael R. Pearlman Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 tel. (617) 495-7481 fax. (617) 495-7105 e-mail. mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu [Mailed From: ”Mike Pearlman” ******************************************************************************** |