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097 NOUS40 KWBC 031722 FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1683 MAY 3... 2000 ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS SUBJECT GOES-L LAUNCH UPDATE SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES GOES-L WAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AT 124/070700Z. THE APOGEE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 KM HIGH OVERALL AN EXCELLENT RIDE FROM THE ATLAS/CENTAUR. FOLLOWING SEPARATION THE SEQUENCE OF COMMAND ACTIVITIES LEADING UP TO SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT WERE SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED 30 MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WITH A MAXIMUM DOD OF 21/PERCENT SIGN/ ON THE BATTERIES WELL BELOW THE 60/PERCENT SIGN/ MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DOD AND CONSISTENT WITH GOES-9 AND GOES-10 LAUNCHES. INITIAL ACQUISITIONS AT DIEGO GARCIA... PERTH... AND CANBERRA OCCURRED RIGHT ON THE PREDICTS. THREE-WAY DOPPLER BETWEEN DIEGO GARCIA AND CANBERRA WAS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED BY FLIGHT DYNAMICS TO AID IN QUICKLY DETERMINING A POST-SEPARATION ORBIT. INITIAL COMMANDING WAS PERFORMED THROUGH DIEGO TO INITIALIZE THE ATTITUDE AND ORBIT CONTROL ELECTRONICS /AOCE /NUMBER SYMBOL/1/... VENT THE PROPELLANT LINES... PERFORM 300 MSEC THRUSTER FIRINGS USING THE PRIMARY THRUSTERS... COMMAND AN OFF-AXIS SUN ACQUISITION... AND DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAY OUTER PANEL. ALL COMMAND SEQUENCES WERE PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY AND THE SPACECRAFT RESPONDED AS EXPECTED. FOLLOWING SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT... A COMMAND HAND-OVER TO CANBERRA WAS PERFORMED TO SUPPLY FLIGHT DYNAMICS SUFFICIENT DATA TO DETERMINE A POST-LAUNCH ORBIT. SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION AOCE 1 ON DIRA 1 ON CASS 1 ON DSS 1 ON ES 1 ON SIDE-A THRUSTERS SELECTED NORMAL SUN ACQUISITION MODE OUTER PANEL SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYED TRIM TAB SLEWED TO 0 DEGREES RANGING ENABLED THROUGH CANBERRA UPCOMING ACTIVITIES 1/ 1 APOGEE ATTITUDE RE-ORIENTATION AND SIDE-B THRUSTER TESTS MAY 3 1330Z 2/ AMF 1 MAY 5 0315Z ANOMALIES/CONCERNS NONE MISCELLANEOUS SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE /EVENTS WILL BE DROPPED AS THEY ARE COMPLETED/ CIRCULARIZE ORBIT MAY 3 MAY 21 AMF 1 MAY 5 AMF 2 MAY 7 AMF 3 MAY 9 AAM - MAY 11 TRIM 1 MAY 18 TRIM 2 MAY 19 TRIM 3 MAY 21 DEPLOYMENTS MAG BOOM AND FINAL SA DEPLOYMENT MAY 12 DIPOLE ESTIMATION MAY 13 MOMENTUM WHEEL TURN-ON AND SOLAR SAIL DEPLOYMENT MAY 14-15 GOES-L WILL BECOME GOES-11 MAY 11 OUTGASSING MAY 12 JUNE 9 INSTRUMENT CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE MAY 14 20 START-UPS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTS MAY 12 MAY 21 FIRST OFFICIAL IMAGE MAY 17 GOES-L HOTLINE 301-867-0086 RICHARD G. REYNOLDS CHIEF... GROUND SYSTEMS DIVISION END NNNN ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
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