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Table 10-7. SSW application source lines of code (SLOC) metricsLevel 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4GPBPP I/OProcessingGPBPP I/OProcessingGPBPP I/OProcessingGPBPP I/OProcessingSQUID/STCommandRouterSQUID/STCommandRouterSQUID/STCommandRouterSQUID/STCommandRouterSQUID/STCommandRouterSQUID/STCommandRouterSQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/ST1553InterfaceReqID Unit source filename SLOCSCRSCRSCRSCRSCRSCRcommand_router.1.adacommand_router.2.adapayload_command_dataset.1.adapayload_command_dataset.2.adasw_mailbox_class.1.adasw_mailbox_class.2.ada20 4096 304024 176226 760864 104182 6592SIO bicpfns.1.ada 61 48SIObus_1553_device_driver_interface.1.ada209SIO ebifns.1.ada 30SIO rscfns.1.ada 55SIF payload.1.ada 113 1184SIFSIFSIFSIFpayload_message.1.adapayload_message.2.adapayload_message_transfer.1.adapayload_message_transfer.2.ada13 15244 410413 72112 3212SIF read_packets.2.ada 30 1056SIFsre_pit_constructor.1.ada8 24Memorysize302 March 2007 Chapter 10 — SQUID Readout Subsystem (SRE) Analysis
Table 10-7. SSW application source lines of code (SLOC) metricsLevel 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4SQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/ST1553InterfaceSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FSQUID/STExpansionBus I/FReqID Unit source filename SLOCSIFsre_pit_constructor.2.adaSIF sre_pit_format.1.ada 402671 34344SSB ebi.1.ada 81 160SSB ebi.2.ada 65 1388SSB engr_data.1.ada 34 312SSB engr_data.2.ada 60 672SSBSSBfab_command_block.1.adafab_command_block.2.ada108 400282 8308SSB fwd_sre.1.ada 115 88SSB fwd_sre.2.ada 319 30104SSB fwd_sre_mux.1.ada 8SSBSSBSSBscience_telescope_cmd.1.adascience_telescope_cmd.2.adasend_fab_commands.2.ada138 84547 2374818 568SSB squid_cmd.1.ada 243 80MemorysizeSSB squid_cmd.2.ada 950 38940Gravity Probe B — Post Flight Analysis • Final Report March 2007 303
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Post Flight Analysis — Final Repo
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Signatures & ApprovalsPrepared byPu
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Table of ContentsPreface . . . . .
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6.8 Sources and References . . . .
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11 Telescope Readout Subsystem (TRE
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14 Data Collection, Processing & An
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Figure 3-4. The GP-B dewar—one of
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Figure 8-5. The Seasons of GP-B . .
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Figure 11-20. Pointing angle differ
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Figure 14-9. In the Anomaly Room, t
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Table 13-3. GP-B payload magnetomet
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2 March 2007 Chapter 1 — Executiv
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facility, it was necessary to recas
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spacetime around with them as they
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After years of work and the inventi
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axis of a gyroscope rotor changes i
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Figure 1-8. Clockwise, from top lef
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“management experiment.” This w
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Attitude-Control Gyroscopes. Two pa
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Any significant deviation from “g
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established, ranging from Level 1 (
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1.14 The Broader Legacy of GP-BAt l
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24 March 2007 Chapter 2 — Overvie
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Figure 2-1. GP-B Historical Time Li
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Applied Physics Laboratory, of the
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William Fairbank once remarked: “
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In Einstein’s view, space and tim
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y a mere 1.1 inches. You can see th
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Figure 2-10. Schematic diagram of t
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Figure 2-12. Final assembly of the
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Sun Shield. The sun shield is a lon
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2.1.8 The Broader Legacy of GP-BWhe
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2.3 Spacecraft SeparationThe Solar
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Flight Anomalies.) Furthermore, a d
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Table 2-2. Weekly summary of IOC ac
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2.4.3.2 Guide Star AcquisitionAbout
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A second mass trim operation had be
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On Friday, 2 July 2004, the spin ra
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Low temperature bakeout was first p
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2.5.1.3 Lockheed Martin Team Phase-
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Monthly Highlights of the GP-B Scie
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2.6.1 Overview of the Calibration P
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Weekly Highlights of the GP-B Final
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66 March 2007 Chapter 3 — Accompl
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It was in this pristine, near-zero
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Each quartz rotor is coated with a
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Figure 3-3. Functional diagram of a
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Based on data from the on-board tel
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Ideally, the telescope should have
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Figure 3-9. Schematic diagram of st
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used. The star trackers are essenti
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Result: By using the porous plug, w
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Solution: Create a tetrahedral lapp
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Constraint 2: The exhaust tube must
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Result: The on-orbit gyroscope spin
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spacecraft's subsystems for the dur
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Constraint 3: Keep the spacecraft p
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Technology Category Specific Implem
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96 March 2007 Chapter 4 — GP-B On
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Any significant deviation from “g
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packages, one for each Ping load an
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In addition to these software packa
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Table 4-6. Features & benefits of W
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This software added considerable ef
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It is said that “an experiment is
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Table 4-10. Significant Events/Sour
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Figure 4-5. Pictorial depiction of
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Figure 4-7. Eta-Average Error Assoc
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4.4.4.2 OD Using SLR DataFigure 4-9
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4.4.5 ConclusionsFigure 4-11. Compa
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Overall, the storage issues did not
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Table 4-11. ITF equipment listEQUIP
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5.2 Overview of GP-B Anomalies in O
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Figure 5-1. Anomaly Review Team Org
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5.3.3.1 Anomaly Investigation and R
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5.3.5 Anomaly Identification and Re
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5.4.3 Risk Management ApproachThe r
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Table 5-1. Summary of Open GP-B ris
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138 March 2007 Chapter 5 — Managi
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140 March 2007 Chapter 6 — The GP
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3. Payload Integration, Testing and
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Figure 6-1. Clockwise from top left
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MSFC conducted an in-house Phase A
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It is important to note that from t
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6.3.1 Incremental PrototypingThe pe
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alignment, and act as an accelerome
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Figure 6-9. The Lockheed Martin GP-
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Furthermore, a fourth electronic sy
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positive thermal connections betwee
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astrophysics/cosmology. Many of the
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Figure 6-10. MSFC Program Managers/
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As described in Chapter 2, the flig
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6.7 Some Observations on the Manage
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168 March 2007 Chapter 6 — The GP
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170 March 2007 Chapter 7 — Attitu
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7.1.2 Vehicle ATC ModesThere are es
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The output of the pressure transduc
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Figure 7-3. Science Telescope Compo
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Figure 7-5. Pitch and Yaw Pointing
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Figure 7-7. Magnitude of the roll r
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Changing the method by which the gy
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7.3.3 Drag-Free Control SystemFigur
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7.3.3.1 DFS - PerformanceThe GP-B d
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Figure 7-15. Mass flow effects of a
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7.5.2 Successful recovery from mult
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If the vehicle control system were
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accomplish this, the ARPs are mount
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7.5.6.1 South Atlantic AnomalyProto
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Figure 7-23. Effects on telescope p
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Figure 8-2. Block Diagram of CDH co
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8.1.1.4 WATCH DOG TIMERFigure 8-4.
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of eclipses each day (approximately
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Figure 8-8. GSS1 Temperature Trends
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Figure 8-10. Forward Dewar Vacuum S
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The Gravity Probe B spacecraft has
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Figure 8-13. Forward -X Thruster Te
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gaFigure 8-15. Aft -X Thruster Temp
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Because there are only two SQUID br
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Because the specifications for SRE
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8.3.2 Critical Mission RequirementT
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Figure 8-19 is a plot of the power
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Battery Performance Summary:Figure
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Figure 8-23. Solar Array Temperatur
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8.3.10 ConclusionThe electrical pow
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8.4.1 TDRSS OperationsFigure 8-28.
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Figure 8-30. Xpndr-A STDN (green),
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Figure 8-32. Plot of TDRS AGC vs Te
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The FSW also met its subsystem leve
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Appendix E, Flight Software Applica
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Table 8-4. SCRs Addressed in On-orb
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The software and macro changes resu
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Figure 8-38 below is an excerpt fro
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Figure 8-40. A-side CCCA Single Bit
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Figure 13-2. ECU-operated heaters i
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13.1.3.1 Vatterfly Valve Operations
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13.1.3.7 Payload MagnetometersThe E
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Figure 13-11. ECU performance durin
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As we entered the second month of o
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During the last month of IOC, prepa
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Figure 13-19. ECU heater activity d
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Table 13-1. Proton monitor channel
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Figure 13-21. Proton Monitor data i
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In November, 2004 there was a large
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Figure 13-28 shows a correlation th
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13.3.1 About the MagnetometersFigur
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13.3.2 Other Applications for Paylo
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Figure 13-35. GPS Antennae Field of
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Figure 13-37. Master Antenna Switch
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Figure 13-39. Time difference betwe
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13.4.6 On-Orbit ResultsThe GPS comp
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and velocity values erroneously cal
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E. G. Lightsey, C. E. Cohen, B. W.
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Figure 13-45. A Bottom View of the
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Figure 13-48. The GMA configuration
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Table 13-10. Summary for Helium Gas
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a relatively slow data rate, so we
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Figure 14-4. NASA ground stations a
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electronic components to recover fr
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By a process of elimination, the GP
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A special room in the GP-B Mission
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Starting on 3 December 1725, Bradle
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seemed that aberration of starlight
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14.1.6 Telescope Dither—Correlati
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14.1.6.3 The Telescope Dither Patte
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amplifications. Thus, in addition t
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14.2.2 Independent Data Analysis Te
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monthly time scales. Though only sh
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Figure 15-2. A diagram of the GP-B
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15.4 The Two Surprises and Their Im
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Near Zeroes.) The exception that we
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Figure 15-8. A slide from the GP-B
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Figure 15-9. A poster on the effect
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electrostatic patches, located at o
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Last summer (2006), Mac Keiser devi
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16.1.1.3 Flight science downlink da
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Description of the GP-B experience:
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Lessons:1. Perform all tests with a
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Figure 16-1. Six interacting transl
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16.1.3.2 Training and certification
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Below is an edited summary of six a
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462 March 2007 Appendix A — Gravi
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Apogee altitude659.1 km (409.6 mile
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466 March 2007 Chapter B — Spacec
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Gravity Probe B — Post Flight Ana
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470 March 2007 Appendix C — Weekl
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16 April 2004—Vehicle is Prepared
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The electrical power system is full
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4 JUNE 2004—MISSION UPDATE: DAY 4
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SQUIDs to detect their rotation spe
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17 JULY 2004—MISSION UPDATE: DAY
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indicate that we have reduced the t
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C.4 Science Mission Phase: 8/27/04
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• GP-B also has an independent da
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free suspension parameters to de-tu
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We have received inquiries about a
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One of the effects of geomagnetic s
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egan transmitting, one-by-one, stat
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28 JANUARY 2005—GRAVITY PROBE B M
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magnetic pole. This event triggered
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8 APRIL 2005—GRAVITY PROBE B MISS
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On Tuesday afternoon (19-April), GP
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Norway or through the NASA space ne
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Dewar Temperature: 1.82 kelvin, hol
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visitors on a tour of the GP-B faci
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test, we are planning on running fi
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contractor at the Goddard Space Fli
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On Wednesday, we visited the star H
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Gyro Suspension System (GSS): All 4
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The helium in the dewar has now sur
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the all the spacecraft status data.
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522 March 2007 Appendix D — Summa
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Figure D-2 below shows the distribu
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DateSeveritySubtypeTitle Descriptio
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DateSeverity24 26-Apr-04 Obs F Nois
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DateSeverity40 11-May-04 Obs T Dwel
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DateSeverity68 16-Jun-04 Medium Dec
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DateSeverity84 13-Jul-04 Obs F Slig
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DateSeverity116 26-Sep-04 Obs F SG3
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DateSeverity132 20-Dec-04 Obs F Unc
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DateSeverity149 5-Mar-05 Obs T Few
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DateSeverity169 04-Jun-05 Obs F MBE
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DateSeverity191 04-Oct-05 Obs A GSS
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550 March 2007 Appendix E — Fligh
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ReqIDLevel 1CSCDMP DataMgmtProcessi
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ReqIDLevel 1CSCLevel2 CSC Level 3 C
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ReqIDLevel 1CSCSRM Solid StateRecor
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ReqIDLevel 1CSCSRP SafemodeResponse
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ReqIDLevel 1CSCGUP GSS Processing g
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570 March 2007 Appendix F — Acron
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AcronymDefinitionAcronymDefinitionB
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AcronymDefinitionAcronymDefinitionD
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AcronymDefinitionAcronymDefinitionF
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AcronymDefinitionIRUInertial Refere
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AcronymDefinitionAcronymDefinitionM
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AcronymPMPMAPMCPMEPMETPMSPMSUPNPoPO
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AcronymSCMOSCMTSCNSCPASCPMSCRSCSASC
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AcronymDefinitionAcronymDefinitionT
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588 March 2007 Appendix F — Acron
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