This was for the last perigee. After that, we had the failed contact on 12 November. We have another contact tomorrow (Monday) evening to try to figure out what's going on.

Thanks,
Nigel
Nathan Schwadron
November 13, 2022 at 10:22
Hi Nigel and All

Thanks so much for the good news! Go IBEX!!

Cheers

Nathan






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NIgel Angold
November 13, 2022 at 07:10
Thank you very much.
Nigel




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Chubin, Eric [US] (SP)
November 13, 2022 at 03:43

All,

 

The Perigee contacts were nominal for command and telemetry. The sun maneuver was successful.

 

Tasks Accomplished:

On both perigee contacts - SSR Dump à Dump New

Dump back-orbit buffer

CAR #1276 Orbit 588 ATS Upload

                IBEX_2022_320_o0588a_v001.scr 88 cmds

Reset Master 18 day Timer

Set Spacecraft Clock

Reset AC/FDC failed totals

 

Results from the Sun Maneuver

CSS Angle TLM   1.96394                

CSS Sun-Pointing Angle 3.92788                

                                05 Nov 22@03:30:00

CSS Angle TLM   1.3106  

CSS Sun-Pointing Angle 2.6212  

                                07 Nov 22@11:00:00

Pre-Burn                            

Thruster 1            8400       05 Nov 22@03:30:00

Thruster 2            8160      

Thruster 3            10864   

Thruster 4            11104   

Post-Burn                           

Thruster 1            8576       07 Nov 22@11:00:00

Thruster 2            8288      

Thruster 3            11280   

Thruster 4            11568   

Number of Pulses                           

Thruster 1            176        

Thruster 2            128        

Thruster 3            416        

Thruster 4            464        

Thruster Pairs                   

Thruster 1 & 2    304        

Thruster 3 & 4    880        

 

Eric Chubin  |  Principal Engineer Satellite Systems

Northrop Grumman Corporation  |  Space Systems

O: 703-429-7015  |  C: 240-328-2098  |  eric.chubin@ngc.com