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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1683 MAY 3... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT GOES-L LAUNCH UPDATE
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
GOES-L WAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AT 124/070700Z. THE
APOGEE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 KM HIGH OVERALL AN EXCELLENT
RIDE FROM THE ATLAS/CENTAUR. FOLLOWING SEPARATION THE
SEQUENCE OF COMMAND ACTIVITIES LEADING UP TO SOLAR ARRAY
DEPLOYMENT WERE SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED 30 MINUTES AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE WITH A MAXIMUM DOD OF 21/PERCENT SIGN/ ON THE
BATTERIES WELL BELOW THE 60/PERCENT SIGN/ MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DOD
AND CONSISTENT WITH GOES-9 AND GOES-10 LAUNCHES. INITIAL
ACQUISITIONS AT DIEGO GARCIA... PERTH... AND CANBERRA OCCURRED
RIGHT ON THE PREDICTS. THREE-WAY DOPPLER BETWEEN DIEGO
GARCIA AND CANBERRA WAS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED BY FLIGHT
DYNAMICS TO AID IN QUICKLY DETERMINING A POST-SEPARATION
ORBIT.
INITIAL COMMANDING WAS PERFORMED THROUGH DIEGO TO
INITIALIZE THE ATTITUDE AND ORBIT CONTROL ELECTRONICS
/AOCE /NUMBER SYMBOL/1/... VENT THE PROPELLANT LINES...
PERFORM 300 MSEC THRUSTER FIRINGS USING THE PRIMARY
THRUSTERS... COMMAND AN OFF-AXIS SUN ACQUISITION... AND
DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAY OUTER PANEL. ALL COMMAND
SEQUENCES WERE PERFORMED FLAWLESSLY AND THE SPACECRAFT
RESPONDED AS EXPECTED. FOLLOWING SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT...
A COMMAND HAND-OVER TO CANBERRA WAS PERFORMED TO SUPPLY
FLIGHT DYNAMICS SUFFICIENT DATA TO DETERMINE A POST-LAUNCH
ORBIT.
SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION
AOCE 1 ON
DIRA 1 ON
CASS 1 ON
DSS 1 ON
ES 1 ON
SIDE-A THRUSTERS SELECTED
NORMAL SUN ACQUISITION MODE
OUTER PANEL SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYED
TRIM TAB SLEWED TO 0 DEGREES
RANGING ENABLED THROUGH CANBERRA
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
1/ 1 APOGEE ATTITUDE RE-ORIENTATION AND SIDE-B THRUSTER
TESTS MAY 3 1330Z
2/ AMF 1 MAY 5 0315Z
ANOMALIES/CONCERNS
NONE
MISCELLANEOUS
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE /EVENTS WILL BE DROPPED AS
THEY ARE COMPLETED/
CIRCULARIZE ORBIT MAY 3 MAY 21
AMF 1 MAY 5
AMF 2 MAY 7
AMF 3 MAY 9
AAM - MAY 11
TRIM 1 MAY 18
TRIM 2 MAY 19
TRIM 3 MAY 21
DEPLOYMENTS
MAG BOOM AND FINAL SA DEPLOYMENT MAY 12
DIPOLE ESTIMATION MAY 13
MOMENTUM WHEEL TURN-ON AND SOLAR SAIL DEPLOYMENT
MAY 14-15
GOES-L WILL BECOME GOES-11 MAY 11
OUTGASSING MAY 12 JUNE 9
INSTRUMENT CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE MAY 14 20
START-UPS AND FUNCTIONAL TESTS MAY 12 MAY 21
FIRST OFFICIAL IMAGE MAY 17
GOES-L HOTLINE 301-867-0086
RICHARD G. REYNOLDS
CHIEF... GROUND SYSTEMS DIVISION
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