SOHO Recovery Updates

The Goldstone station has been reconfigured so that partial frames could be recorded and sent out to Goddard. During a 1 hour test late this afternoon we got carrier lock, subcarrier lock and symbol lock for 5 sec. The validity of the data has to be confirmed after processing. The test was limited in order to limit the on/off stress of the units involved.

A new procedure to charge the batteries will be run over night.

We were able to get time at Arecibo and DSS14 next Tuesday, August 11. Arecibo will support SOHO radar observations from 1300 to 1600 UT. DSS14 is scheduled for SOHO from 1145 to 2115 UT. The plan is to do S-band bistatic measurements with Arecibo in the slot 1145-1600, and X-band radar ranging from 1600 to 2115 UT. Arecibo will let us know Monday whether the S-band transmitter will be operational. If Arecibo is not operational, the time will be used for SOHO TLM downlink acquisition efforts.