CALIPSO Data Validation Site NEWS
- November 19, 2008
CALIPSO will perform a drag makeup maneuver on or after December 17th.
Due to low solar activity, the maneuver may be delayed until January. T
he ground track files will include the Leap Second at the end of December.
A line with the time stamp '31 Dec 2008 23:59:60' will be in all ground track files that span this time.
All entries after this time will properly account for the Leap Second.
- August 26, 2008
The CALIPSO payload is in SAFE mode as of 5:37UT on August 26th.
The payload should be back in data acquisition mode on August 27th at about 1400UT.
A small inclination maneuver will be performed on October 1st, which will has the payload down for about 12 hours.
The next DMU maneuver will be in mid-October.
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