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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
High-Gain Antenna Test is Complete
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SDO completed the Failed High-Gain Antenna Simulation and rolled back to its normal orientation at 1900 UTC (3:00 p.m. ET) last Wednesday. H...
Saturday, April 14, 2018
SDO Instrument Calibration Maneuvers
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This past Wednesday starting at 1415 UTC (10:15 am ET) SDO performed the EVE FOV and HMI/AIA Flatfield instrument calibration maneuvers. ...
Friday, April 13, 2018
The First Signs of Solar Cycle 25
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On 20-Dec-2016 a USET observer saw a small patch of magnetic field in the southern hemisphere of the Sun. The outward magnetic field (white...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
High-Gain Antenna Test Continues
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The SDO Team continues running the high-gain antenna (HGA) test. We are pretending that the “bottom” HGA has stopped working and we are run...
Monday, March 26, 2018
On-Orbit Testing of SDO, March 28–April 25, 2018
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SDO uses two high-gain antennas (HGAs) on the spacecraft to maintain continuous contact with the SDO ground station in New Mexico. Should on...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Happy Pi Day!
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Although there isn't a major geomagnetic storm happening today (and none expected tomorrow), here is a lovely picture of the Sun showin...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Station Keeping Maneuver #16 Today
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SDO will perform station-keeping maneuver #16 today. The maneuver begins at 22:12 UTC (5:12 pm ET) and lasts until 22:56 UTC (5:56 pm ET). D...
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