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Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                         MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                              January 28, 1993
                                8:30 AM PST

Flight Sequence C6 B is active.  Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer and
Gamma Ray Spectrometer are taking data.

The Spacecraft Team reports that the spacecraft is performing nominally
in Array Normal Spin.  Uplink and downlink are via the HGA (High Gain
Antenna); uplink is at 125 bps; downlink is at the 4 kilobits/second
Science and Engineering data rate.

Playback of DTRs (Digital Tape Recorders) 1 and 3 completed yesterday.
An initial problem flowing data at the 85 Kilobit playback rate due to
ground configuration was experienced Tuesday but was resolved quickly.
No data was lost.  DTRs 1 and 2 contained the Geotail measurement data
collected in December.

Flight Engineering Office teams are investigating an apparent
dissimilarity between on-board Standard Control Processor spacecraft
state indications.  The control SCP shows the expected state, while the
backup SCP indicates the spacecraft to be in Contingency mode.  There is
no present danger or risk to the spacecraft.  A memory readout of the
COMPOOL area of SCP2 will be performed today, and compared to
telemetry being received from SCP1.

Flight sequence C7 is being updated with final TCM-2 (Trajectory Correction
Maneuver #2) parameters as developed by the Navigation and Spacecraft teams.
TCM-2 will provide a velocity change of approximately 10 meters/second.
Uplink of C7 is scheduled for February 6 with sequence activation and the
maneuver to take place on February 8.
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    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
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/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
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