With the deorbiting of INSAT 3B satellite and a substitute not yet up in
the sky, ISRO has faced a crunch of bandwidth. ISRO has finally managed to
accommodate CREST-IAO link used for HCT operation INSAT-3A till December 15.
The realignment of the antenna and bringing up the link is scheduled for
November 8, but there is a possibility that it may take a few days beyond
this day until the link is stabilized.  

Remote operation of HCT from CREST will not be possible till such time.
However, the engineers at IAO have been undertaking imaging observations
using the detailed observing list provided to them, and this will continue
until the link is up. The list should include 

Accurate coordinates (epoch 2000)
Filter and exposure time(s) for the filter
and any other useful information the proposer wishes to include.

The list may be sent to Dorje Angchuk (angchuk at iiap.res.in) with copies
to gca and tpp. The data will be copied on CD/DVD and sent to Bangalore.

Wishing you good observations,

Tushar Prabhu 
Professor-in-charge, IAO & CREST