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Lunar
Prospector Status Report #31
May 7, 1998 - 1:00 p.m. EST
(10:00 a.m. PST)
The Lunar Prospector spacecraft continues to perform very well
and instruments are collecting good data.
No commanding has been done in the last week. Results of the
orbit trim performed last week show that the final orbit was
reached as targetted, 88 km x 112 km.
Current spacecraft state (0000 GMT 5/7/98):
Orbit: 1396
Downlink: 3600 bps
Spin Rate: 11.96 rpm
Spin Axis Attitude (ecliptic):
Latitude: 89.2 deg
Longitude: 75 deg
Trajectory:
Periselene Alt: 88 km
Aposelene Alt: 112 km
Inclination: 90.9 deg
Period: 118 minutes
Occultations: 46
Eclipses: 43 minutes
Lisa Chu Thielbar
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
lchu-thielbar@mail.arc.nasa.gov
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