The Terra satellite's Flight Operations Team is planning a set of orbital maneuvers
for October 12th and 19th, 2022.
These maneuvers will lower Terra’s orbit by 6 km
-- from its current height of 705 km -- as part of an effort to
reduce orbital crossings with several other polar orbiting satellites.
These orbital maneuvers will take a total of 7 hours
over the course of 2 days, October 12th and 19th.
During these periods, the quality of Terra data collected will be lower,
and both MODIS and MOPITT will also have periods in which no data will be collected.
The lowering will NOT impact data quality,
but will result in a break to Terra's 16-day repeating orbit,
as well as slightly narrower swath widths.
For more information about these orbital maneuvers
or the Terra mission itself, visit terra.nasa.gov.