Moin,
6 von 7 techn. Instrumenten an Bord sind zwischenzeitig mit Erfolg getestet worden.
Hier die entsprechende Info:
New Horizons Payload Gets High Marks on Early Tests
In-flight checks of the New Horizons science payload are going well, as
six of the seven instruments have completed tests proving they survived
launch and demonstrated their basic functionality.
Over the past month, spacecraft controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory flipped the "on" switches for Ralph, Alice, LORRI,
SWAP, PEPSSI and the Student Dust Counter and confirmed that the
instruments' thermal control systems work, their computer processors
boot up and run the correct code, and they can receive commands and send
telemetry back to Earth.
"The instruments are sending back a lot of housekeeping data that says
they're working the way they're supposed to," says Mark Tapley, New
Horizons science payload systems engineer from Southwest Research
Institute.
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