Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Momentum Management Maneuver #40 Today

SDO will execute momentum management maneuver (MM) #40 today starting at 1910 UTC (2:10 pm ET). The maneuver should take about 30 minutes. During a maneuver SDO science data may be missing or blurred. These maneuvers are needed to keep SDO accurately pointed at the Sun and taking data.