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Operations CXO Status Report

Wednesday 11 August 1999 7.00am EST

The following is an overview of the events that occurred over the last 24 hours

Completed Gyro Low Rate Bias Determination

Continued ACIS Background Measurements

Optical Cavity pressure measurement reading was 7.8E-06 compared with 8.1, which had been holding at 8.1 for the past 48 hours.

Complete Earth Scan #24.

Events scheduled for the next 24 hours
  • Open Aft Contamination Cover and begin taking data with ACIS from Flight Contamination Monitors (FCM) that are located on forward HRMA contamination door.
  • Begin ACA Dark Current Calibration.
  • Activate the HRC anti co-incidence shield.
  • Attempt to turn on HRC high voltage to full voltage






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