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[Date] February 16, 2003 [Activities] 
First lunar pointing was successful. The Moon was detected by the CHIPS instrument. The Moon was detected by the lunar sensor. The Moon is an important calibration target for CHIPS. It allows the absolute calibration of flux for the on orbit instrument. This first pointing was "open loop" with the spacecraft told to point to the predicted location of the Moon. Later lunar pointings will use the feedback of the lunar sensor to increase the pointing knowledge of the spacecraft.
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