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What else should I notice from the hardcopy housekeeping?

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At least one GO (R. Stern, Lockheed) has shown that the "leading edge" of each GTI appears to be contaminated by high background, most likely caused by the detector looking at the Earth limb before the target has fully risen. The trailing edge also may suffer from this problem.


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