[FPSPACE] Fw: Stardust Update - December 2, 2005

[LARRY KLAES]

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From: Stardust Project<mailto:info at jpl.nasa.gov>  
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:20 PM
Subject: Stardust Update - December 2, 2005


Stardust Status Report
December 2, 2005

All subsystems are nominal as STARDUST continues it quiescence cruise 
towards Earth.

The Trajectory Correction Maneuver 17 of 4.17 m/s was successfully 
executed with high precision on November 16.  The probability of 
needing to perform a follow-on cleanup maneuver (TCM 17a or b) is 
very low.  

The spacecraft is performing its second set of limit cycle 
calibrations for Earth approach navigation.

The Recovery Team completed Trainings #9 and #10 at UTTR in Utah in 
the night using ground vehicles.  The temperatures were around 
freezing with periods of snow and rain.  The UTTR Mission 
readiness was also completed.

Information on the present position and orbits of the Stardust spacecraft 
and comet Wild 2 may be found on the "Where Is Stardust Right Now?" web 
page located at: 

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/scnow.html<http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/scnow.html> .

For more information on the Stardust mission -- the first ever comet 
sample-return mission -- please visit the Stardust home page: 

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov<http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/> .