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Chandra On-Orbit With X-ray Vision
August 9, 1999 - The NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory�s engines were ignited for a fifth time at 1:43 a.m. EDT August 7, delivering the world�s latest space telescope to its operating orbit, where it will probe the deepest regions of the universe with the most powerful X-ray imaging systems ever used in space. The seven-minute, 44-second firing of the observatory�s Integral Propulsion System raised Chandra�s perigee to an estimated 6,012 miles (9,676kilometers), leaving its apogee, or high point, essentially unchanged at 86,458 miles (139,141 kilometers). "Initial indications are that all went as planned," said NASA�s Chandra Program Manager Fred Wojtalik, of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. "The flight operations team will carefully review the observatory�s orbital parameters over the next 24 hours to verify that we are where we need to be." Meanwhile, the Chandra control team continues to activate and check-out the observatory�s instruments. In the last 48 hours, controllers continued calibration of both the High Resolution Camera and the Advanced Charged Coupled Imaging Spectrometer. A review of data from the August 4 firing of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Integral Propulsion System now indicates the backup engines performed as expected. Analysis confirms Wednesday's initial indications that the engines performed well. The five-minute burn positioned the telescope in a new perigee of 3515 miles (5,657 kilometers), and apogee of 86,458 miles (139,141 kilometers), with an orbital period of 61 hours and 7.3 minutes.
Chandra Reports at SpaceDaily
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