Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Station Keeping Maneuver #20 Today

SDO will execute Station Keeping Maneuver #20 today at 2230 UTC (5:30 p.m. ET). From 2200 to 2250 UTC (5:00-5:50 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.