Mar 14, 2007.

In the past day, we performed telecom tests at apogee with all probes and multiple ground stations. These were very successful showing us the probes can telemeter at 64 K bits per second to Berkeley throughout this orbit. Probe C and D SSTs were turned on again and left running in order to get a measurement with no ESA High Voltage sweeps. Probe E SST was reconfigured. Probe B ESA ions and electrons were brought up in High Voltage.

At the present time, ESA HV is running on A and B, while SST is up and running on C and D. Science data is being collected and returned successfully in Slow Survey mode. Assuming data looks good overnight, we’ll raise ESA High Voltage on C, D and E while turning on SST A, B and E. That would complete the initial commissioning on all instruments.