Sector 70



Sector 70 Information

For full data release notes see: DRN99. For a list of TIC IDs with noted issues, see this list.

Sector Summary

  • Sector dates: September 20 to October 16 2023
  • Pointing: Ecliptic
  • Days of Science Data Collection: 24.8
  • Days of Paused Data Collection: 0.63



    • Spacecraft Pointing (deg)

    RA dec roll
    Spacecraft 24.04 9.26 291.3
    Camera 1 350.71 -4.62 22.7
    Camera 2 12.83 4.76 22.67
    Camera 3 35.53 13.41 199.03
    Camera 4 59.67 19.93 192.0



    Orbit Summary

    Orbits Dates (UTC)

    Start - End

    		 Cadence #

    Start - End

    		 Momentum dumps
    147a 2023-09-20 - 2023-09-27 1426244 - 1430705 1
    147b 2023-09-27 - 2023-10-03 1430856 - 1435442 1
    148a 2023-10-03 - 2023-10-09 1435594 - 1439990 1
    148b 2023-10-10 - 2023-10-16 1440141 - 1444582 1



    Sector Notes

    Noted Issue Description
    Saturated/Bleeding columns: Jupiter is in the field of view of Camera 3 CCD 3 resulting in several saturated/bleeding columns (around 2018 column number) throughout the sector.
    Spacecraft pointing: The pointing in Sector 70 was set at -0.7 degrees in ecliptic latitude with the cameras aligned parallel to the ecliptic plane. Camera 1 and then Camera 4 were individually used for guiding in Orbits 147a and 148a, respectively. Camera 1 was used for guiding in Orbit 147b and Cameras 1 and 4 in 148b.
    Scattered light: In Sector 70, the Earth introduces scattered light signals at the end of each orbit, and the Moon strongly impacts all cameras at the end of Orbit 147.