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Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                     MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                         December 30, 1992
                           11:00 AM PST
                         Launch +96 Days

The Spacecraft Team reports that spacecraft subsystems and instruments
are performing nominally.  The spacecraft is in Array Normal Spin; the
downlink data rate is at 250 bps while the uplink data rate is 125 bps.

C5 A execution began on December 19.  C5 is the outer cruise transition
sequence which is marked by the spacecraft attitude being changed from
an off sun orientation to direct pointing at Earth.  The Mission Manager
reports that we are on schedule for transition to outer cruise operations
on January 2 and to High Gain Antenna operations on January 4.

Today the spacecraft is 38,335,379 km (23,820,500 miles) from Earth,
traveling at a velocity of 9.4083 kilometers per second (21,046 miles per
hour) with respect to Earth.  One way light time is approximately 128
seconds.
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    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
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/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you'll never have to work
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