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Thank you.

At 07:55 AM 9/8/2005, Maria Bigwood wrote:

>Good Morning,
>
>I have some good news for Radio Science.  I'm not sure if you've heard
>much on MGS's status, but when the spacecraft went to Safe Mode, the HGA
>accidently crossed the "obstruction" zone below 43 degrees in azimuth.
>
>The result is that we've decided to come out of Safe Mode into Nominal
>Mapping Operations (not Beta Supplement).  As before, we will be able to
>do Radio Science Egress Scans on a regular basis.  I'm building a
>background sequence right now to playback our data from before Safe Mode
>entry...the SOE should be out later this morning and will contain the
>Radio Science information.
>
>Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
>
>Thanks!
>Maria
>
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>Mars Global Surveyor Project
>Mission Planning & Sequencing Team
>Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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