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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 08/24/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 18:16:30 GMT

              KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - MONDAY, AUG. 24, 1992  10 AM

                STS-47/SPACELAB J - ENDEAVOUR (105) - VAB HIGH BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Preparations to roll the vehicle out to the launch pad.
          - Pre-rollout inspections.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Shuttle Interface Test verified connections between the vehicle
          elements and the launch platform.
          - Electrical connections between the vehicle elements.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Retraction of the VAB platforms later tonight.
          - Rollout to Launch Pad 39-B targeted to begin at 4  a.m.  tomor-
          row.
          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test targeted for Aug. 27-28.
          - Launch targeted for the second week of September.

                    STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Installation of the No. 2 main engine.
          - Preparations to install the robot arm.
          - Tile operations.
          - Testing of connections for the STS-52 payload.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Installed the No. 1 and 3 main engines on Friday.
          -  Installed  power reactant storage and distribution system tank
          set 5 today.

                     STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Connections of the left orbital maneuvering system pod.
          - Integrated testing the main propulsion system.
          - Tests of the Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Installed the left OMS pod this weekend.

                 MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Removing components in preparation for shipment to Palmdale.
          - Removal of auxiliary power unit No. 2.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Drained the auxiliary power unit catch bottles.


                       STS-52 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB HB 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Transfer of the left forward segment to the VAB in  preparation
          for mate.


                             STS-54 EXTERNAL TANK - VAB

               The  external tank designated for the STS-54 mission arrived
          by barge in the Complex 39 turn basin last week.  Friday's status
          report incorrectly referred to the tank's designation for mission
          STS-52.  The  tank  was  offloaded and transferred to the storage
          cell in the VAB.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan Update - 09/01/92
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Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:01:41 GMT

Forwarded from the Magellan Project

                        MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                           September 1, 1992

1.   Magellan continues to operate normally, performing radar
     mapping maneuvers and routine starcals (star calibrations)
     and desats (desaturation of the reaction wheels).

2.   Tests through Monday indicate that a satisfactory
     operating mode for returning radar mapping data has been
     found with Transmitter B ranging between 56.8 and 60
     degrees C.

3.   The signal-to-noise ratios are presently varying from -1
     to +1 dB at the 34 meter HEF (High Efficiency) stations,
     and +3 to +6 dB at the 70 meter stations.

4.   The present plan is to resume radar mapping on Thursday
     to provide coverage of the area southwest of Alpa Regio
     which includes the mountains Ushas, Hathor and Innini
     Mons.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Anything is impossible if
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you don't attempt it.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Subject: AURORA WATCH: Middle Latitude Auroral Activity Watch
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Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:45:50 GMT

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

                    MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH

                        ISSUED: 17:30 UT, 02 SEPTEMBER

                /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

VALID UNTIL: 19:00 UTC ON 04 SEPTEMBER

MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 03 - 05 SEPTEMBER (UT days)

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY:  MODERATE

POTENTIAL LUNAR INTERFERENCE:  LOW

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES:  FAIR

AURORAL ACTIVITY MAY BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

        SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA TO CENTRAL MONTANA TO NORTH DAKOTA TO
        MINNESOTA TO WISCONSIN TO MICHIGAN TO PARTS OF NEW YORK STATE (DARK
        SKY SITES) TO PARTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SOUTHERN MAINE.


SYNOPSIS...

     A well placed solar coronal hole is beginning to enhance levels of
     auroral activity.  On the last solar rotation, this disturbed area
     produced moderate levels of auroral activity visible from the middle
     latitude regions (approx. north of 44N over North America).  High
     latitudes observed moderate to high levels of activity.

     Auroral activity is expected to peak on 03 or 04 September.  The
     disturbance is expected to last approximately 48 hours before beginning
     to wane.  Southern Australian and New Zealand regions may be able to
     spot some of the activity during the local night hours.  Northern
     European and Siberian regions should also be able to observe periods of
     activity under dark skies with clear views of the northern horizon.

     Lunar phase will not be a particularly strong factor, most notably after
     the moon sets near local midnight.

     This WATCH will remain active until 19:00 UT on 04 September when it
     will either be updated or allowed to expire.


**  End of Watch  **
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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Crew assignments announced for STS-58 and STS-61 [Release 92-136] (Forwarded)
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Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:24:55 GMT

Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                            August 27, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-4164)

Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111)


RELEASE:  92-136

CREW ASSIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR STS-58 AND STS-61

	John E. Blaha (Col., USAF) will command the Spacelab Life Sciences-2 
Space Shuttle mission STS-58 scheduled for launch next summer.  This 
mission will continue life sciences research on adaptation to microgravity in 
preparation for Space Station Freedom and future planetary exploration.  
Blaha is a veteran of three previous Space Shuttle missions, as Pilot on STS-
29 in March 1989 and STS-33 in November 1989 and as Commander on 
STS-43 in August 1991.

	Pilot on STS-58 is Richard A. Searfoss (Maj., USAF), a member of the 
1990 astronaut class.  This is Searfoss' first flight.  William S. McArthur,
Jr., (Lt. Col., USA), also from the astronaut class of 1990 and assigned to his
first flight, will be a mission specialist.

	Previously assigned crew members are Payload Commander M. Rhea 
Seddon, M.D., assigned in October 1991, and mission specialists Shannon 
Lucid, Ph.D., and David Wolf, M.D., both assigned in December 1991.

	Three mission specialists with spacewalking experience are named to 
join Payload Commander Story Musgrave, M.D., on STS-61 Hubble Space 
Telescope servicing mission scheduled for late 1993.  

	They are Tom Akers (Lt. Col., USAF) who flew on STS-41 in October 
1990 and STS-49 in May 1992; Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Ph.D., who flew on STS-
51-D in April 1985, STS-35 in December 1990 and STS-46 in August 1992; 
and Kathryn C. Thornton, Ph.D., who flew on STS-33 in November 1989 and 
STS-49 in May 1992.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 08/25/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Mars Observer, JPL, KSC
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 07:04:06 GMT

Forwarded from Glenn Cunningham, Mars Observer Deputy Project Manager

                          MARS OBSERVER
                 DAILY ACTIVITIES STATUS REPORT
                            FROM THE
      KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION

                      Launch Minus 22 Days

Date of report:     8-25-92        Time of report:     6:00 PM EDT


The RLE (Remote Launch Equipment) has been reinstalled, and work is
proceeding implementing the solution to the pad cabling problem which
has plagued us for the past several days.  It was found that there
were 18 extraneous circuits attached to our Titan interface circuits
that were left over from wiring installed for previous users of the
umbilical mast. This extra wiring loaded down the line drivers such
that an unacceptable waveform resulted.  These circuits are being
removed.  It is expected that we will finally be able to mate the
spacecraft connectors momentarily.

If all goes well, and the umbilical mode checkout can be
accomplished by 8 PM tonight, a start will be made on the GO/NO-GO
SEPET which will verify the electrical performance of the
spacecraft after transporting from the PHSF (Payload Hazardous
Support Facility) and mating to the Titan.  The spacecraft has not
been powered-on since we committed to the encapsulation process on
August 11.

In the process of assessing the impact to the Launch Day Dress
Rehearsal (LDDR) as the result of the hurricane and the delays in
encapsulation, we found that if we missed the scheduled date (8/27-
29), the only alternative dates for rescheduling that are available
in the Range schedule are so far downstream that they would cause
a launch slip.  The spacecraft readiness for the LDDR has become
the pacing item.  In order not to impact the LDDR schedule, and
thus the launch date, we have made several decisions relative to
which spacecraft activities will be completed before the LDDR, so
as not to slip its date.  The loading of flight software version 6E
will be deferred.  We have compressed the time for the umbilical
mode test and the GO/NO-GO SEPET.  The countdown practice run maybe
become expendable.  Post LDDR time requirements have been reduced
by a reassessment of the time required for battery reconditioning.
Thus, we are planning, if everything goes correctly, the be ready
to support the LDDR on schedule.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Optimists live longer
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | than pessimists.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Magellan Update - 08/28/92
Keywords: Magellan, JPL
Date: 29 Aug 92 02:37:54 GMT
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Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

Forwarded from the Magellan Project

                     MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                        August 28, 1992

1.  Magellan continues to operate normally, performing radar
    mapping maneuvers and routine starcals (star calibrations)
    and desats (desaturation of the reaction wheels).

2.  Following the swap from Transmitter A to B yesterday, the
    transmitter warmed from 33 to 57.5 degrees C.  During this
    phase the receiver AGC (Automatic Gain Control) at the DSN
    (Deep Space Network) stations remained at -142 dn.  In
    order to successfully receive radar image data at 115 kbps
    the AGC needs to improve to -135 dn or higher.

3.  This morning the spacecraft controllers plan to turn on
    the 360 kHz subcarrier for about 30 minutes to obtain
    spectrum plots of the modulated signal.  Commands to
    increase the radar heater set points to raise the
    temperatures another 1.5 degrees will be sent later today.

4.  The commands to turn on the 360kHz subcarrier for 30
    minutes will be repeated tomorrow.  No further tests or
    commanding are planned until Monday, when power cycling of
    the transmitter may be performed.

5.  The Spacecraft Team is continuing to search for a
    satisfactory operating mode which will allow radar mapping
    of an area southwest of Alpha Regio.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Optimists live longer
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | than pessimists.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Galileo Update - 08/25/92
Keywords: Galileo, JPL
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:25:44 GMT
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                               GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                                  August 25, 1992

     alileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the dual-spin mode and is
transmitting coded telemetry data at 40bps.

     Yesterday, no spacecraft activity was scheduled.  Tracking was performed
over DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna) and DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter antenna).

     Today, August 25, 1992, no spacecraft activity or tracking is scheduled.

     Tomorrow, the routine RPM (Retro-Propulsion Module) 10-Newton thruster
"flushing" maintenance activity along with a Science Turn (SITURN), cruise
science Memory Readouts (MROs) and an Ultra Stable Oscillator (USO) test are
scheduled.  Tracking is scheduled over DSS-14 (Goldstone 70 meter antenna),
DSS-43, and DSS-63.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Optimists live longer
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | than pessimists.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |
From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: Shuttle Status for 08/28/92 (Forwarded)
Date: 28 Aug 92 20:25:49 GMT
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov


              KSC SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT - FRIDAY, AUG. 28, 1992  11 AM


                   STS-47/SPACELAB J - ENDEAVOUR (105) - PAD 39-B

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test successfully concluded at
          11 a.m. today with a planned and simulated main engine cutoff.
          - Preparations for the main engine flight  readiness  test  which
          cycles engine valves many times and verifies the response.
          -  Preparations to load hypergolic propellants into the orbiter's
          onboard storage tanks.

          STS-47 FLIGHT CREW ACTIVITIES:
          - Crew practiced launch day activities as part of the TCDT.  STS-
          47 crew members will return to Houston at 2 p.m.  today for final
          flight preparations.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Main engine flight readiness test  and  helium  signature  leak
          tests this weekend.
          -  Loading  hypergolic  propellant  into  the  orbiter's  onboard
          storage tanks next week.  The propellant is used by the orbiter's
          on-orbit thrusters and engines.
          - Flight Readiness Review scheduled for Sept. 1.
          - Launch targeted for September 12.

                    STS-52/LAGEOS - COLUMBIA (OV 102) - OPF BAY 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Preparations to install the robot arm.
          - Preparations for the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT).
          - Configuring the crew cabin for flight.
          - Torque checks of the main engine low pressure turbo pumps.


                     STS-53/DoD - DISCOVERY (OV 103) - OPF BAY 3

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Installing heat shields around the main engines.
          - Outfitting the crew module for flight.
          - Tests of the left orbital maneuvering system pod.
          - Integrated testing the main propulsion system.
          - Preparations for the CEIT test this weekend.

          WORK COMPLETED:
          - Serviced freon coolant loop No. 2.


                 MODIFICATION PERIOD - ATLANTIS (OV 104) - OPF BAY 2

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          - Removing the forward reaction control system.
          - Preparations to remove the three main engines.
          - Preparations to remove the robot arm.
          - Inspections of the thermal protection system and hydraulic sys-
          tem.

                       STS-52 SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS - VAB HB 1

          WORK IN PROGRESS:
          -  Attaching  the left forward assembly/nose cone which will com-
          plete stacking operations for the STS-52 booster set.

          WORK SCHEDULED:
          - Measurements of the boosters' alignment.
          - Attaching the external tank to the  solid  rocket  boosters  on
          Monday.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Voyager 1 Update - 09/01/92
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Voyager 1, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:03:01 GMT

Forwarded from:
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. (818) 354-5011

                      Voyager Status Report
                        September 1, 1992

               The Voyager 1 spacecraft used its onboard fault
protection program to maintain communications with the ground
this morning, after it experienced a failure in the piece of
equipment that allows the spacecraft to send telemetry signals to
Earth.

               Ground controllers lost the downlink signal from
Voyager 1 at 2:08 PDT this morning at the Tidbinbilla Deep Space
Network tracking station in Australia.  Telemetry data indicated
a failure of the Ultra Stable Oscillator as the cause of the loss
of downlink signal.

               Voyager 1 responded autonomously to the problem
and switched to the auxiliary oscillator.  The spacecraft
reconfigured itself in less than 10 minutes and continued sending
telemetry to the ground.   Spacecraft controllers at JPL have no
plans to change this current configuration.

               Both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft
continue in good health and are conducting fields and particles
experiments and ultraviolet observations.  Voyager 1 was launched
15 years ago this week, on Sept. 5, 1977.  Voyager 2 was launched
on Aug. 20, 1977.

               Voyager 1 is currently 4.6 billion miles (7.4
billion kilometers) from Earth.

               Voyager 2 is currently 3.5 billion miles (5.6
billion kilometers) from Earth.

                              #####
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Anything is impossible if
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you don't attempt it.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Update - 08/31/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Galileo, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 02:25:19 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                             GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                                August 31, 1992

     The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the dual-spin mode and
is transmitting coded telemetry at 40 bps.

     Over the weekend, no spacecraft activity or tracking was scheduled.

     Today, August 31, 1992, no spacecraft activity is scheduled.  Tracking is
scheduled over DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna).

     Tomorrow, no spacecraft activity is scheduled.  Tracking is scheduled
over DSS-43.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Optimists live longer
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | than pessimists.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Geotail Update - 09/03/92
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Keywords:  Geotail, ISAS
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:24:26 GMT

Forwarded from the Goddard Space Flight Center

GEOTAIL UPDATE:  During the past week, Geotail operations included
deployment for the two wire antennas and two probe antennas to the
full extended length of 50 meters each. Japanese controllers at
ISAS report that the spacecraft attitude was very stable during and
after the extensions. Upcoming events include the deployment of the
two rigid, 6-meter booms and the lunar swing-by which will occur on
Tuesday, September 8. 
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Anything is impossible if
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | you don't attempt it.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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