Station Keeping Maneuver #19 Today

SDO will execute Station Keeping Maneuver #19 today at 2222 UTC (6:22 p.m. ET). From 2200 to 2245 UTC (6:00-6:45 p.m. ET) science data may be missing or blurred. Station-keeping maneuvers are designed to keep SDO’s orbit in the right place when the spacecraft travels through the geostationary belt twice each day.

Momentum Management Maneuver #35 Today

SDO will execute Momentum Management Maneuver #35 today at 1911 UTC (3:11 p. ET). From 1830 to 1930 (UTC) science data may be missing or blurred.

Eclipse season started on 08 Aug 2019 and continues until 01 Sept 2019. Each day around midnight Mountain Standard Time (0700 UTC) the Earth passes between SDO and the Sun. This is a normal part of our geosynchronous orbit.