Word out of Space Telescope Institute is that the Advanced Camera has taken blanks and the spare electronics are good. Low read noise and bias, and system is stablising at operational temperature.
Both cameras working.
Should have first calibration frames by now, looks good as new.
Will look for "second light" images, if/when they put them up. Science schedule should start executing soon.
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News item at NASA HQ website:
The B-side power supply on the ACS has crapped out
Not good, since they switched to it when the A-side went flakey.
May be fixable. Or not.
PS: there was a 3pm telecon on the status of HST today
if anyone was on it, let me know what they said. If there was anything new…
Ok, it is really official Space Telescope news on ACS (dynamic web page)
Spare power electronics popped, not recoverable, may not be repairable.
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Ok, so it is five proposals, not four...
Three are in, one should be heading off any minute now, eh?
And the last seemed to be in good shape. Could actually be done an hour or two early.
Must resist temptation to go back and "fix" any of the "done" proposals... it just causes trouble.
Hey, who got…