Operations

• Uplink of updated gyro alignment matrix on 16 July

• Nominal Fall Eclipse season in August and Lunar Eclipse passage on 7 Sept.

• Bright earth constraint limitation tests completed. CARD change approved to reduce 20 degree constraint to 10 degrees, yielding more flexible scheduling.

• 6 executions of SCS 107 due to high solar activity

  • No ACIS CTI degradation above expectations.

• 4 Load interrupt TOOs, 1 <24 hours.

• Science Instruments operating extremely well

  • ACIS contamination at low energies characterized, progress on understanding contaminant and options.

• Anomalies

  • None

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