This report covers two weeks. The spacecraft continues to operate nominally in performing the beta-supplement daily recording and transmission of science data. They were contained in the mz085 mini-sequence. MGS has performed 65 Roll Only Targeted Observations to date.
All subsystems report nominal health.
There have been 30 uplinks to the spacecraft during the past two weeks, including new star catalogs and ephemeris files, instrument command loads, the background sequences cited above, a thruster accumulator reset command, and ROTO mini-sequences mz086 through mz090. Commands were uplinked to modify the Reaction Wheel Assembly fault protection software and associated scripts. The modified response will allow a quicker recovery should another reaction wheel fail. The first of three solar array position management scripts was 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.