baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (12/14/90)
GALILEO STATUS REPORT December 13, 1990 The Galileo spacecraft continues to collect valuable science data as it speeds away from Earth. Yesterday, in addition to science data gathering activities, several instruments successfully completed planned calibrations. Today the NIMS (Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer) instrument was powered off as planned and the spacecraft successfuly completed a planned 6 degree SITURN to lead the sun by about 2.5 degrees. Tomorrow, the VE-12 (Venus-Earth 12) sequence memory load will be transmitted to the spacecraft. VE-12 controls spacecraft activities from December 17 to February 18, 1991. ___ _____ ___ /_ /| /____/ \ /_ /| | | | | __ \ /| | | | Ron Baalke | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov ___| | | | |__) |/ | | |___ Jet Propulsion Lab | baalke@jems.jpl.nasa.gov /___| | | | ___/ | |/__ /| M/S 301-355 | |_____|/ |_|/ |_____|/ Pasadena, CA 91109 |