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Hello,

As of last Friday (DOY 225), MGS began moving its solar arrays three
times per orbit rather than continuously.  This change reduces the noise in
the TES data, which has been attributed to the solar array motion.

Based on solar array motion tests conducted earlier, this should not
affect the gravity data; however, if you see any problems with the data
collected since Friday, please let me know.

Thanks.

-Trish

P.S.  DSS 65 had a transmitter problem on DOY 230.  This is unrelated.