[meteorite-list] NEAR Shoemaker Update - February 13, 2001

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:10 2004
Message-ID: <200102132312.PAA06451_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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NEAR Shoemaker Update
February 13, 2001

The NEAR mission operations team disabled a redundant engine firing today
that would have been activated if it became necessary to adjust the
spacecraft's orientation in order to receive telemetry from the ground. But
because NEAR Shoemaker landed with a favorable orientation, and telemetry
has already been received, it is no longer necessary to move the spacecraft
from its resting-place on the surface of Eros.
Received on Tue 13 Feb 2001 06:12:42 PM PST