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Kepler Mission Manager Update, March 10, 2010

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The Kepler spacecraft has been performing well since the Safe Mode event of Feb. 2, 2010. Engineers on the anomaly response team are continuing to analyze the telemetry from the event to develop root cause and mitigations. Several mitigations are under consideration and are being prepared for implementation. The mitigations should minimize impact to science activities, should a similar event occur that caused the Feb. 2, 2010 Safe Mode entry. The project team continues to prepare for another monthly science data download and spacecraft quarterly roll. These activities are scheduled for March 19-21, 2010, and the planning for the event is nearly complete. The spacecraft is rotated 90 degrees every three months to maintain the solar array panel pointing towards the sun and the focal plane radiator pointed towards deep space.

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