[sci.astro] Magellan Update - 02/06/91

baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (02/07/91)

                           MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                             February 6, 1991
 
     The Magellan spacecraft and its radar system are performing nominally.
All STARCALS (star calibrations) and DESATS (desaturations) of the past 24
hours were successful with attitude updates averaging 0.048 degree.
 
     Temperatures of several spacecraft subsystems have been near their alarm
limits, and mission controllers are monitoring them closely.
 
     Last night, the M1037 command sequence was successfully sent to the
spacecraft, with the associated radar control parameter and mapping quaternion
files, and began execution this morning.
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