SOHO Recovery Updates

The first but important step in the SOHO recovery has been successfully completed today. Sun pointing (without roll control) has been achieved at 18:30 UT. All operations went according to plan. The experiment substitution heaters were switched on 42 minutes after the ESR was triggered.

During the run up of gyro A an anomaly was detected which is currently under investigation. Meantime the S/C is maintaining the ESR in stable condition with no sign of roll rate being out of limits. The S/C is expected to be stable over night.

Details of the attitude recovery maneuver run today can be found here.