ACE Weekly Report:  12-20-00

All ACE spacecraft subsystems are performing nominally.  An attitude maneuver
was successfully executed on 12-12-00.  The next attitude maneuver is scheduled
for 12-21-00.

Maneuver 1 Start Time=18:43:27	Maneuver 1 End Time=18:46:42
Pre-Maneuver  HGA = -3.4512 deg.  Sun Angle =  6.3293 deg.
Post-Maneuver  HGA  = 4.5 deg. Sun Angle =  13.7 deg.
Current S/C range:  1,487414.754    km

The ACE FOT performed preliminary tests with DSN's Uplink Command
system (UPL) on 12-14-00.  UPL is slated for future use with DSN's
34m antennas.  Tests were conducted with Madrid's D54 and Canberra's
D34.  The tests were conducted in 'loopback' mode;  there was no
uplink to the spacecraft.  A total of 166 commands were sent to each
station;  command echoes were successfully received in the MOC.  The
FOT continues to analyze data and is in the process of bit-busting
commands for further verification.

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Jacqueline Maldonado Snell
Honeywell Technology Solutions Incorporated (HTSI)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Bldg. 3 Rm N135C, Code 428.2
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: (301) 286-7072
Fax:   (301) 286-0218
E-mail:   Jacqueline.Snell.1@gsfc.nasa.gov