The ACE Flight Operations Team started using a new process for performing data
rate transitions.  All data rate transitions are now pre-programmed on-board,
in the time-tagged buffer, and execute automatically.  These transitions
facilitate the ground interactions necessary with the DSN and enable the FOT
to retrieve the Solid State Recorder data faster.

The ACE instrument teams are beginning to deliver samples of their level 2
data products to the ACE Science Center (ASC). Level 2 data are highly
processed data suitable for serious scientific studies. When the level 2 data
format is ready and the data are verified by the instrument teams, ASC will
deliver the data to the NSSDC for long term archiving, and will make them
available to the space science community.