From: Al Frandsen Subject: ACE Status for the Week Ending October 31, 1997 >From: Don Margolies >Subject: ACE Status for the Week Ending October 31, 199 > >Happy Halloween everyone, > >There is nothing out of the ordinary to report this week. ACE continues to >operate normally and all instruments are functioning well. > >The Flight Dynamics group did a wonderful job in executing the orbit >shaping maneuver a few weeks ago. The maximum Earth-Sun-Vehicle angle never >exceeded 18.95 degrees. We had requested that it stay below 20 degrees. > >We have now passed the point of maximum range on the trajectory loop, >approximately 1,468,000 km (912,170 mi) and are now headed back down toward >the Earth-Sun line. We plan to start halo insertion around 9 December. > >Just a reminder that preliminary ACE data can now be seen on the Science >Center Web homepage. Take a look at: >http://www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE/ACENews1.html or link to it via the >Caltech ACE homepage at: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE/ > >Don >