Here are other planned maneuvers through the rest of 2018.
- 07/18 @ 1945 UTC (3:45 pm ET) - Momentum Management #32
- 07/21 @ 0433 UTC (12:33 am ET) - Handover Season Starts with First Handover
- 07/25 @ 1230 UTC (8:30 am ET) - EVE Cruciform
- 08/08 @ to be determined - Simulated comet observation
- 08/12 @ 0710 UTC (3:10 am ET) - Fall 2018 Eclipse Season Starts
- 08/15 @ 2225 UTC (6:28 pm ET) - Station Keeping #17
- 09/04 @ 0654 UTC (2:54 am ET) - Fall 2018 Eclipse Season Ends
- 09/09 @ 2030-2130 UTC (4:30-5:30 pm ET) - Lunar Transit, 92% obscuration
- 09/10 @ 0152-0241 UTC (9:52-10:41 pm ET) - Lunar Transit, 34% obscuration
- 09/18 @ 0405 UTC (12:05 am ET) - Last Handover Completes & Handover Season Ends
- 11/07 @ 2024-2116 UTC (3:24-4:16 pm ET) - Lunar Transit, 44% obscuration
- 12/12 @ to be determined - Momentum Management #33
The pair of Lunar Transits on September 9th and 10th are separated by approximately 4 hours 22 minutes, so they are considered separate events. However, the relative motion of SDO and the Moon cause what could be a single transit to split into two. We will discuss this more as we approach the transits.
The sun and moon will be separated by 0.604° on August 21, 2018. (The Sun is 0.5° across, so the Moon is not in the field of view of the SDO images.) This is not close enough to be flagged as a transit, but the proximity may be of interest.
