Sector 30



× Warning for Sector 30 (November 2020): As of Sector 30, co-trending basis vector (CBV) files only include the first eight principal components for the Single Scale co-trending mode.

Sector 30 Information

For full data release notes see: DRN45. For a list of TIC IDs with noted issues, see this list.

Sector Summary

  • Sector dates: September 23 to October 20 2020
  • Pointing: Southern hemisphere
  • Days of Science Data Collection: 26.28
  • Days of Paused Data Collection: 1.07



    • Spacecraft Pointing (deg)

    RA dec roll
    Spacecraft 38.36 -43.32 212.04
    Camera 1 19.83 -11.1 293.17
    Camera 2 30.81 -32.88 297.36
    Camera 3 48.93 -53.06 129.97
    Camera 4 90.0 -66.57 166.08



    Orbit Summary

    Orbits Dates (UTC)

    Start - End

    		 Cadence #

    Start - End

    		 Momentum dumps
    67 2020-09-23 - 2020-10-06 639666 - 649212 1
    68 2020-10-07 - 2020-10-20 649979 - 659352 1



    Sector Notes

    Noted Issue Description
    Spacecraft pointing Camera 1 suffered from strong scattered light signals at the end of orbit 67 and orbit 68, and so Camera 4 alone was used for guiding during this sector.
    Scattered light In Sector 30, the Moon introduces a strong glint in Camera 1 at the end of orbit 67, and the Earth introduces scattered light signals in all cameras at the end of both orbits.