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GCN Circular 31603

Subject
Swift resumes pointed science observations
Date
2022-02-18T15:55:20Z (2 years ago)
From
Brad Cenko at NASA/GSFC <brad.cenko@nasa.gov>
At 17:15 UT on 17 February 2022, Swift resumed pointed observations of pre-planned science targets with the attitude control system operating with five reaction wheels. Preliminary analysis of data from the spacecraft, as well as all three on-board instruments, are consistent with expected performance.

As we gain familiarity with slew performance in the new configuration, the team will work to re-enable autonomous response to on-board gamma-ray burst triggers, as well as uplinks of rapid-response target-of-opportunity (ToO) requests. Both capabilities will be re-enabled no earlier than next week.

In the mean time, we have reopened the target-of-opportunity website to accept observation requests from the community. As rapid-response ToO uplinks are not currently enabled, only requests with medium urgency or below (i.e., response time ~ days) are currently enabled. Please note that due to the President�s Day holiday in the US, the earliest time new requests can be accommodated in the schedule is Wednesday, 23 February. More details on the planning schedule can be found here:

https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.swift.psu.edu%2Ftoop%2Frequest.php&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cgcncirc%40capella.gsfc.nasa.gov%7Cef7c965640f04b63163d08d9f2f70ecc%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637807965186613061%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=cMVKafmEZh5AL%2FWH0%2BMIEWnsyNT2%2BqnEmllUhyUi%2Fvk%3D&amp;reserved=0

If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out to the Swift PI, Brad Cenko, at brad.cenko@nasa.gov.