SDO Flight Dynamics Predicted Events for the Beginning of 2014

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The SDO Flight Dynamics team has produced and delivered the first quarter predictions. They extend to the beginning of the Fall Eclipse Season on 2014-247. The highlights are listed below:

13-Jan-2014 - Maintenance Power On of IRU #1
16-Jan-2014 - Power off IRU #1 - Cold Storage
22-Jan-2014 - Momentum Management Maneuver #17
28-Jan-2014 - Battery SOC to 90% - Lunar Transit Prep
29-Jan-2014 - AIA GT/PZT Cal
30-Jan-2014 - Lunar Transit (1331-1556 UTC, 8:31-10:56 ET, a long one!)
3-Feb-2014 - Return Battery SOC to 60%
5-Feb-2014 - EVE Cruciform
14-Feb-2014 - Spring Handover Season Begins
27-Feb-2014 - Spring Eclipse Season Starts
3-Mar-2014 - Solar RFI (~7 minutes)
4-Mar-2014 - Solar RFI (~7 minutes)
12-Mar-2014 - Stationkeeping Maneuver #8
21-Mar-2014 - Spring Eclipse Season Ends
3-May-2014 - Spring Handover Season Ends (-Z active afterward)
26-Jul-2014/207 - Lunar Transit (1457z-1542z)
2-Aug-2014 - Fall Handover Season Begins
28-Aug-2014 - Fall Eclipse Season Starts
It looks like we will have three lunar transits in 2014, including one on 30-Jan that lasts almost 2.5 hours. Here is a video that shows how the long transit will look from SDO.




Welcome to 2014!

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