baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (12/15/90)
GALILEO STATUS REPORT
December 14, 1990
Yesterday, Galileo spacecraft successfully completed a UVS (Ultraviolet
Spectrometer) Lyman Alpha sky map. In addition to the UVS sky map, the NIMS
(Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer) and PPR (Photopolarimter Radiometer)
instruments were powered off as planned and a No-Op command was sent to reset
the Command Loss Timer to 3 days,
Part I of the VE-12 (Venus-Earth 12) sequence memory uplink load was
initiated today at 9:00 A.M. PST. The uplink will take just over 2 hours to
complete. Part II of the VE-12 sequence will be uplinked on December 27.
Later today, Galileo will contunue taking images of Australia as part of
its planned Earth departure movie. Some science activity will continue on
Saturday, December 15 including final images of the Australian continent.
Earth encounter sequence activities will end on Saturday.
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