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Well, looks like Chandrayaan-2 launched successfully. Launches are fun to watch, but the DSN's job doesn't really start until they actually deploy and we start getting data on the ground, and the first few tracks after launch are apt to be .. interesting until the critical spacecraft checkout is done and things settle into a routine.
At least it is a swing shift schedule for me so I got to sleep in. My boss had to be there at 2am for the launch. OTOH, I'm once again batting cleanup so I get to deal with any issues not caught in pre-launch testing that crop up.