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Kepler Mission Manager Update

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The Kepler team finished an additional monthly science data download over August 29-30, 2012. This marked the completion of Quarter 14 month 2 science data collection. Since the noticeable failure of response wheel # 2 in mid-July, the spacecraft's performance has been excellent while operating three reaction wheels. While still undetermined, the response wheel is believed to have actually suffered an internal hardware failure and is likely irrecoverable. Analysis of telemetry will continue, but extra troubleshooting is not anticipated on the wheel unless additional problems require. Meanwhile, engineers are taking steps to assure the ongoing performance of the remaining three wheels. Several mitigating attributes have actually been prepared, and some currently implemented to assure ongoing operation of the remaining reaction wheels. The Kepler-47 system was announced on August 28.

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The Kepler team completed another monthly science data download, August 29-30, completing Quarter 14 month 2 science data collection.

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