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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 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.