ACE Weekly 01/13/06 - 01/19/06 All ACE spacecraft subsystems are performing nominally. ============================================================================ Orbit/Attitude: Type Attitude Date 01/19/06 DOY 019 2006 Thrusters 2R 4R+ 4R- Duration 12:31 min Start Time 16:45:53z Stop Time 16:58:24z Start HGA 5.525 deg Stop HGA 6.951 deg Firing 64 pulses The next attitude maneuver is scheduled for Thursday 01/26/06. Station-Keeping 38 (Dec 2005) Analysis provided by FDF Burn Start........ 2005-12-22 18:16:10 Burn Stop......... 2005-12-22 18:16:40 Duration.......... 30.399 seconds Thruster Set...... 3A,4A Delta-v expected.. 0.1666 m/s Delta-v observed.. 0.1631 m/s Performance....... -2.07% Propellant used... 0.0512 kg Remaining per tank 18.8715 kg Total remaining... 75.4859 kg Spin rate initial. 5.0650 rpm Spin rate final... 5.0581 rpm Attitude RA....... 267.230 deg Attitude DEC...... -19.590 deg ============================================================================ OCRs: None ============================================================================ Ongoing Activities: Space Link Extension (SLE) - The first version of ACE SLE was delivered to the Library on December 14. The delivery to the ACE MOC will not be until early February. RIONet - String 3 is anticipated to move to the RIONet in January. The firewalls in the TDF have been scanned, but there were security issues found during the scan. The RIONet firewall tests with DTF-21 have been postponed until the security issues are resolved. Attitude Training - The FOT continues training on attitude determination, maneuver planning, and maneuver execution. ============================================================================ Extra Activities: DOY 018 (01/18/06) - 2nd Quarter Security Scans were performed after the pass. There was no impact to operations. ============================================================================ Anomalies: None