I’m currently writing from Hangar AE, where it all happened. While we wait to make contact with all of the CYGNSS satellites after launch, I’m going to attempt some coherent thoughts about the past few days. You may already have been following what’s been going on since my last post, but I’ll give a brief […]
A Message From CYGNSS Principal Investigator Chris Ruf
We have successfully contacted each of the 8 observatories on our first attempt. This bodes very well for their health and status, which is the next thing we will be carefully checking with the next contacts in the coming days. It is an amazingly rewarding feeling to spend such an intense and focused time working …
Eight for Eight! All Satellites Contacted!
The eighth CYGNSS satellite was contacted at 3:30 p.m. EST through the Chile ground station — 100-percent success! Full constellation redundancy achieved.
ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/15/2016
Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Operations: When trying to power up the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) Control Unit 2 (SACU2) the sequence aborted with the same signature as yesterday. When swapping Bus channels, the power up sequence completed. It was decided to call off the RapidScat activity and perform troubleshooting instead to better understand the …
Satellites Six and Seven Contacted
CYGNSS satellite six was contacted at 3:01 p.m. EST, seven at 3:28 EST, both by the ground station in Chile. One more to go!
And another! Fifth Satellite Contacted
The fifth CYGNSS satellite was contacted at 1:53 p.m. EST — also at a Chile ground station. Three to go!
Halfway There! Fourth CYGNSS Micro-satellite Contacted
The fourth satellite was contacted at 1:48 p.m. EST through a ground station in Chile — four more to go!
Second and Third CYGNSS Micro-Satellites Contacted
The second satellite was contacted at 1:21 p.m. EST through our Hawaii ground station, the third at 1:24 p.m. Both are healthy. Five to go!
New Japanese Gear Installed, New European Experiment Started
External and internal cargo is currently being unloaded from Japan’s sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6) to visit the International Space Station. The Expedition 50 commander also talked to students on Earth today and helped the rest of the crew with space research and orbital lab maintenance. Commander Shane Kimbrough continued unpacking gear and fresh food …
First CYGNSS micro-satellite is healthy!
Contact was successfully established at 11:42AM EST through the Hawaii ground station. Contact with the second CYGNSS micro-satellite is expected at approximately 1:20pm EST.