News
March 14, 2000
MISR continues to send back fascinating images of Earth!
Feb. 24, 2000
Yesterday's propulsion burn completed successfully.
Feb. 24, 2000
The first set of data since opening MISR's cover has arrived.
Feb. 22, 2000
The orbit adjustment burns for Terra have been proceeding well.
Feb. 16, 2000
Since transition to science mode on January 30, MISR has been operating primarily in the "global" science configuration.
Feb. 10, 2000
The sequence to raise and circularize Terra's orbit began this afternoon.
Feb. 6, 2000
MISR has been operating under a set of commands that turns the cameras off on the orbit's night side.
Feb. 2, 2000
Plans to achieve final orbit for Terra are undergoing revision but are expected to firm up soon.
Jan. 30, 2000
This has been a thrilling and eventful day! MISR's flight software has been loaded successfully.
Jan. 27, 2000
The Terra solid-state recorder (SSR) has been reset by turning it off and back on again.
Jan. 25, 2000
Because Terra is normally not in continuous contact with the TDRSS geostationary communications satellites, the spacecraft carries a solid-state recorder (SSR)
Jan. 24, 2000
The Terra Project is hoping to re-start the orbit ascent burns next Monday, January 31.
Jan. 21, 2000
Checkout of Terra's capability for downlinking science data is progressing.
Jan. 18, 2000
The Terra spacecraft is flying in normal operating mode under control of the spacecraft controls computer.
Jan. 14, 2000
As reported the other day, the first full ascent burn to achieve Terra's final orbit was aborted
Jan. 12, 2000
About 1 minute into yesterday afternoon's firing of the Terra propulsion system, telemetry from the GN&C (guidance, navigation, and control) subsystem detected an excessive rate of change
Jan. 10, 2000
The manufacturer of the Terra High Gain Antenna (HGA), Spar Aerospace, has completed laboratory testing