The NEAR spacecraft has been in Operations Mode with Flight Computer 1 and Attitude Interface Unit 2 in control.
All instruments are presently 'On'.
Nominal vehicle attitude during this reporting period has been Sun-pointing. Mission Operations continues to dedicate personnel to the on-going investigations regarding the aborted burn on December 20, 1998. Currently conducting the next in a series of Y2K tests. This test is designed to checkout the recent upgrade of the Brassboard Simulator to verify its proper operation with system-time set to Y2K and to verify proper flight computer operation during its time rollover. Preliminary testing of the Eros Rendezvous sequence is completed.