NASA CAUGHT LYING OVER MISSING SOHO IMAGES
by Fintan Dunne
Editor, http://www.GuluFuture.com
25 Feb. 2003 08:30 GMT

Just in 16:30 Tuesday 25th FROM NASA/SOHO to GuluFuture.com

IN RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL
I am a journalist researching the SOHO images for the 22nd Feb 2003.
There is a data gap in the available images.
There are no C2 or C3 images between around 05:00 and 17:00.
The same gap affects the EIT 195.
Any ideas why this might be the case?
Many thanks
Fintan Dunne

DATE: 2003/02/22
Some example listings showing missing images 05:00 -- 17:00
C2 1024
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-c2-1024-all..html
EIT 195
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-eit_195-1024.html
MDI MAG images are available for that time period:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-mdi_mag-512..html

THIS REPLY Just in 16:30 Tuesday 25th FROM NASA/SOHO

Dear Fintan,
Many thanks for your note. As a result of SOHO's distant
orbit we are not always in contact with the satellite. When this
occurs there is a solid-state recorder on board where the data is
stored and we retrieve these data once we're back in contact.
Such gaps can last up to 8 hours.

We also occasionally have problems relaying the data, either from
the spacecraft to the receiving station or from that staion back
to the Goddard Spaceflight Centre, where it's stored. If this is
the case then the data needs to be retrieved manually.

A combination of the two occurred on the 22nd and as a result the
data you enquired about only became available late yesterday.
They're presently being processed and should be available online
within about an hour.

Best wishes,
Gareth Lawrence.

QUOTE FROM EMAIL ABOVE
"A combination of the two occurred on the 22nd and as a result the
data you enquired about only became available late yesterday.
They're presently being processed and should be available online
within about an hour."

BUT THEY ARE LYING AGAIN --SEE LARGE GRAPIC BELOW

Some of the images were ALREADY in an Mpeg movie
on a German SOHO Mirror Site
http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/indexe.shtml

On this Page
http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/daily_mpg/

Since Sun 23rd Feb !!

VIEW MPEG: http://star.mpae.gwdg.de/daily_mpg/030222_c2.mpg



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