ACE Weekly 01/20/2016 - 01/27/2016 All ACE spacecraft subsystems are performing as expected. ======================================================================== Attitude/Orbit: Type Attitude Date 01/27/2016 DOY 027 2016 Thrusters 2R 4R+ 4R- Duration 6:49 minutes Start 16:43:50z Stop 16:50:39z ra,decStart 290.66,-19.86 ra,decStop 297.32,-20.57 ra,decExpect 297.36,-20.65 Deviation 0.09 deg (-0.7%) HGAStart -7.87 deg HGAStop -1.76 deg SunStart 17.79 deg SunStop 11.66 deg SpinStart 5.0425 rpm SpinStop 5.0441 rpm Nutation 0.05 deg Firing 35 pulses FuelUsed 0.1084 lbm FuelRemain 93.1716 lbm FinalSCMass 1327.432 lbm Upcoming Maneuver Schedule: - Attitude maneuver: Tuesday, 02/02/2016 ======================================================================== OCRs: None ======================================================================== Activities: Data Capture: 99.992% 2016 DOY 017 - 2016 DOY 024 Note: 50-sec data gap during the carryover playback of 024:00:45:35 - 024:00:46:24 (unrecoverable). ======================================================================== Anomalies: - 01/24/2016 - SOAR S-ACE-35-CTT-1 ¡©- DSN Problem (Madrid Complex) Recurring On early Sunday morning (01/24/2016), the DSN Ops Chief informed the FOT that the DSS-65 (Madrid) S-Band downlink capability was Red (see DSN DR# M109168). The DSS-65 contact for DOY-024 (BOT=11:30 UT, EOT=15:00 UT) was lost due to the anomaly. Impact: Minimal - The FOT worked closely with the SSMO/NENSO Scheduling Team and two WS1 passes were successfully added to the schedule, which compensated for the lost DSS-65 contact.