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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] JOHN P. RAGAN      ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]      107304      ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE (X)  USER NOTE ( ) ] DATE:            ]
 ] LORAL/282-8761     ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ]      01/11/94    ]
 ]____________________]_____________________________]__________________]
 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] OI-23                         ]  CREW ( )  GROUND (X)  DUMP ONLY ( )]
 ]_______________________________]_____________________________________]
 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW ( )  GNC (X)  VU ( )  SM/PL ( )] G2, G8                          ]
 ]_____________________________________________________________________]
 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA: DOWNLIST, FCS, ORBIT                             ]
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 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: 4.35                                           ]
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 ] TITLE: V93R1961C ( CGCV_ALT_RATE_LIMIT ) SOMETIMES IS DOWNLISTED    ]
 ] WITH INCORRECT VALUES                                               ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] DAPLOADS A1 - A15 AND B1 - B15 ARE EACH DOWNLISTED ONE AT A TIME,   ]
 ] CYCLING THROUGH ALL THE DAPLOADS EVERY MINUTE.  BECAUSE OF TIMING   ]
 ] AND THE FACT THAT THE CGCV_ALT_RATE_LIMIT DOWNLIST VARIABLE WAS     ]
 ] NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOMOGENEOUS SET WITH THE OTHER DAPLOAD          ]
 ] PARAMETERS, ABOUT 18 TIMES A MINUTE THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT OCCURS:  ]
 ] WHEN A PARTICULAR DAPLOAD'S VALUES ARE SENT DOWN TO THE GROUND      ]
 ] TWICE, ONE OF CGCV_ALT_RATE_LIMIT'S VALUES MATCHES THE CURRENT      ]
 ] DAPLOAD BEING DOWNLISTED, BUT THE OTHER DOWNLISTING OF THE VARIABLE ]
 ] CONTAINS THE VALUE CORRESPONDING TO THE NEXT DAPLOAD TO BE          ]
 ] DOWNLISTED (A1 - A15, B1 - B15, AND THEN BACK TO A1).  THUS, AN     ]
 ] INCORRECT VALUE SHOWS UP TO THE GROUND FOR THIS VARIABLE ON ONE OF  ]
 ] THE PASSES, MAKING IT APPEAR THAT THE VALUE IS CHANGING WHEN IN     ]
 ] FACT IT IS NOT.                                                     ]
 ]                                                                     ]
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 ]USER RESPONSE:                                                       ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] BE AWARE OF THIS SITUATION.  WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MINUTE WHEN THIS   ]
 ] PARTICULAR DAPLOAD IS BEING DOWNLISTED, AND IF IT DOES NOT CHANGE   ]
 ] VALUE AGAIN, IT IS THE CORRECT VALUE.  IF IT IS SENT                ]
 ] DOWN TWICE, AND BOTH VALUES ARE THE SAME, THE VALUE IS CORRECT;     ]
 ] IF IT IS SENT DOWN TWICE, AND THE VALUES ARE DIFFERENT, ONE OF THE  ]
 ] VALUES SENT DOWN IS CORRECT.                                        ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ]                                                                     ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]LORAL:   JEAN L. ZOPHY    DATE 03/08/94]                             ]
 ]      ------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]FDSD:   W. R. PRUETT      DATE 03/10/94]                             ]
 ]     -------------------      ---------] DARRELL E. STAMPER 03/14/94 ]
 ]PF MGR:  K. L. LINDSAY    DATE 03/14/94]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
 ]_______________________________________]_____________________________]
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