SDO
21st August 2013, 21:20
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This afternoon at 1920 UT (3:30 pm ET) SDO fired its thrusters to drive the reaction wheels to target levels. This was a planned firing.
The JSOC Data Capture Computers are being replaced as I type and will be brought online as rapidly as possible. Although the replacement was planned for the next few weeks, the outage means it being done now.
More... (http://sdoisgo.blogspot.com/2013/08/momentum-management-thruster-firing-and.html)
This afternoon at 1920 UT (3:30 pm ET) SDO fired its thrusters to drive the reaction wheels to target levels. This was a planned firing.
The JSOC Data Capture Computers are being replaced as I type and will be brought online as rapidly as possible. Although the replacement was planned for the next few weeks, the outage means it being done now.
More... (http://sdoisgo.blogspot.com/2013/08/momentum-management-thruster-firing-and.html)