Odin status 21.03.2001 Odin continues it's success. Every tested instrument has worked well. Odin works extremely well.
Temperature is stable and gyro's have been passed the tests.
The first instrument, SMR, has been turned on and it seems to be working well. More information from the pages of the Swedish National Space Board . Odin satellite was launched today, Tuesday 20th of February 2001, 10.48 finnish time. These instruments are used both in astronomy and aeronomy studies. FMI has been focusing on algorithm development of the processing chain.