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NOTES

• AFTER CAMERA IS MOUNTED, NO CREW INTERACTION IS REQUIRED (CAMERA CONTROL FILE IS SENT UP FROM GROUND; DOWNLINK INITIATED FROM GROUND)

• PHOTOS TAKEN DURING DAYLIGHT (...OF COURSE...)

• UPLINK+DOWNLINK OCCUR AT NIGHT

-DOWNLINK DURING 1ST PART OF NIGHT PASS

-UPLINK DURING LAST PART

(NOTE: UPLINK & DOWNLINK CAN'T BE GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME - CAMERA CONSTRAINT)

• UPLINK IS CRITICAL (PHOTO COMMANDS FOR NEXT ORBIT)

DOWNLINK IS NOT CRITICAL (THERE'S STORAGE CAPACITY ON THE THINKPAD)

DOWNLINK TIME WILL DEPEND ON # OF PHOTOS TAKEN (ESTIMATE ~5 - 25 MIN/NIGHT PASS)