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News
/ Announcements
07/26/2001
GOES-M Update
The GOES-M Apogee Motor Firing #2, executed today at 3:16 EDT, was aborted
at 11:54 into the 12 minute planned burned when the thruster flange
temperature reached the abort criteria of 260 degrees centigrade. The
spacecraft is now being commanded to its nominal configuration in sun
acquisition mode. All other spacecraft systems are operating normally.
A contingency meeting is planned for this evening to determine future firings,
with a final determination projected for tomorrow morning. It appears that
all future firings will be less than 12 minutes, which puts the completion
of the orbit raising mission at about August 20. A more detailed report
from the NASA Mission Operations Manager will be available later this evening.
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