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25.02.2013 19:58 Age: 12 yrs
SARAL : news on its orbit
Category: News of the Saral mission
The SARAL instruments will be switched on in the coming hours. Starting with the Doris instrument at23:38 UTC, followed by the ARGOS instrument early tomorrow at 01:20 UTC and finaly the Altika altimeter and radiometer at 01:34 UTC.
All instruments and processing experts are eager to analyse the first telemetries to be delivered by the satellite.
The SARAL subsystems are progressively switched on...
The payload Interface module has been activated a few hours after launch and everything is going inline with expectations.The SARAL instruments will be switched on in the coming hours. Starting with the Doris instrument at23:38 UTC, followed by the ARGOS instrument early tomorrow at 01:20 UTC and finaly the Altika altimeter and radiometer at 01:34 UTC.
All instruments and processing experts are eager to analyse the first telemetries to be delivered by the satellite.