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Description of Driving Event:

On January 11, 2000, while the Terra spacecraft was attempting its first long orbit raising maneuver, the maneuver was prematurely terminated after 11 seconds of the burn. The burn was halted due to the fact that on-board attitude tolerance limit exceedences were detected. The flight computer correctly aborted the maneuver. There was no time critically for executing the maneuver on that particular day nor at that particular orbit, therefore a rigorous investigation ensued. This maneuver had been preceded by a calibration burn, which was analyzed and deemed to be nominal.