Solar system diagram showing the locations of the PSP, the Sun and Earth on Dec 26 and Jan 1.

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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 21:42:27 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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   Note that the beacon tone sent by the Parker Solar Probe sent last night used the Low Gain Antenna (LGA), which is either omnidirectional or has a very wide beam. The telemetry xmission on Jan 1 will also use the LGA.

   It will probably be a while before the spacecraft is oriented such that the High Gain Antenna (HGA) is pointed at Earth and can be used to downlink science data.

   The diagram below shows the locations of the PSP, the Sun and Earth on Dec 26 and Jan 1.

   https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_parker_solar_probe?rate=0&time=2024-12-27T12:02:22.757+00:00
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