The spacecraft continues to operate nominally in performing the beta-supplement daily recording and transmission of science data. The data will provide insight into the health of the -Y solar array hinge and the effects of solar array motion on TES data. MGS has performed 75 Roll Only Targeted Observations to date.
All subsystems report nominal health.
There have been 12 uplinks to the spacecraft during the past week, including instrument command loads, the background sequences cited above, and ROTO mini-sequences mz091 through mz092. The last two of three solar array position management scripts were modified to offset the commanded solar array positions by 25 degrees. Our goal is to extend the life of the Partial Shunt Assemblies by reducing the amount of excess power generated by the solar arrays. There have been 5,270 command files radiated to the spacecraft since launch.