baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (02/09/91)
PIONEER VENUS STATUS REPORT
February 8, 1991
Long eclipse season #20 begins on February 12 for the Pioneer Venus
spacecraft, and will last through February 20. There will be two
penumbral eclipses, on the first and last days of the season.
On February 3, a scheduled 70 meter Goldstone support was replaced with
34 meter Canberra support. Reloading of the spacecraft to change the bit rate
for the Canberra support resulted in a 30 minute delay in the turn on of
the periapsis science instruments.
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