STEREO Weekly Meeting Minutes for 2006-10-17 (Week 42)

ANNOUNCEMENTS
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* Weekly Schedule for 1st week available for Ahead and Behind.

* Reminder: Daylight savings time ends October 29th.


INSTRUMENT STATUS
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SSC: A problem developed Monday, Oct 16 with the ingest of data from the STEREO
Data Server into the STEREO Science Center.  The problem was traced to
anomalously low transfer speeds, about 30x slower than normal.  The hourly
mirror jobs were not finishing before the next job started, and we ended up
with multiple jobs running simultaneously, further slowing down the transfer
rate of each job.  The solution was to put in a test to not start a new
transfer unless the old transfer had finished, and to send a notification if
this occurs.

The anomalously slow internet transfers appear to have been a transitory
phenomenon--the transfer rates are now back up to normal.


OPERATIONS CONSTRAINTS
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* Ran launch test Saturday -- went well.

* Powering down for P1 still an open issue.

* 6 hour gap in coverage around P1 perigee.  P1 prime maneuver over Canberra.
  Backup maneuver (not in schedule) over Goldstone.  Maneuver will be required.

* EA mode test after P1 on Ahead.  Turns off instruments.  Will take 6-7 hour
  to recover.

* SECCHI recent comments incorporated in Early Ops Schedule.  Additional
  comments:
	- Day 35-37, telemetry rate should be N/A.
	- Day 38,39, EUVI test should be in contact

* Most recent Early Ops Schedule on SDS under teams/moc.  Also there are the
  DSN Track Coverage Calendar and Launch Separation Timing documents.

* Don't know yet if A2 maneuver is required.

* First GT enabling scheduled after A2, during a period of when there's a lot
  of DSN coverage.

* DSN schedules available for weeks 43 & 44.  Have schedules "on the shelf" for
  launches covering the next few days after the nominal Oct 25 (EDT) launch
  date.  These do not appear on the SDS.

* Report on who's commissioning from where:
	- IMPACT commissioning from California, but will have presence at APL
	- PLASTIC commanding from APL, monitoring from NH
	- SECCHI commissioning from APL
	- SWAVES at APL for first week, then ramping down.
	- SSC somebody each day for daily meeting for first few weeks

* Operational requests:
	- IMPACT MAG roll tested
	- SECCHI COR stepped roll tested
	- SWAVES roll tested
	- EUVI offpoint still in progress

* Smaller slew of HGA before MAG roll not yet in schedule.

* Note that track plan doesn't indicate which stations that SOA/EOA refer to.
  Confusing for overlapping tracks, but only a concern for 1st week.  Usually
  serialize tracks between Ahead and Behind on same station.

* Time of post-launch daily status meetings not determined yet, possibly 2:30.

COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS
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Scheduled activities for Week 43:

M Oct 23 (296)  
T Oct 24 (297)  
W Oct 25 (298)  
T Oct 26 (299)  Launch (00:38 UT; 8:38 EDT 25 October)
F Oct 27 (300)  Power on SECCHI, move doors from superclosed to closed
		Power on SWAVES, deploy antennas
S Oct 28 (301)  1st Engineering Burn		(Ahead 13:30, Behind 16:30)
		Power on IMPACT IDPU, SWEA, Deploy SWEA cover
		Power on PLASTIC
S Oct 29 (302)  Power on IMPACT/SWEA HVPS
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Scheduled activities for Week 44:

M Oct 30 (303)  A1 Prime Delta V Maneuver	(Ahead 18:00, Behind 21:00)
T Oct 31 (304)  A1 Apogee			(Ahead 17:17, Behind 16:16)
		A1 Backup #1 Delta V Maneuver	(Ahead 18:00, Behind 21:00)
W Nov 01 (305)  A1 Backup #2 Delta V Maneuver	(Ahead 18:00, Behind 21:00)
		Deploy IMPACT boom
T Nov 02 (306)  2nd Engineering Burn
F Nov 03 (307)  
S Nov 04 (308)  
S Nov 05 (309)  
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Scheduled activities for Week 45:

M Nov 06 (310)  P1 Perigee & Delta V Maneuver	(Ahead 10:36, Behind 08:33)
		Ahead: EA mode test
T Nov 07 (311)  
W Nov 08 (312)  
T Nov 09 (313)  
F Nov 10 (314)  Behind: A2 Prime Delta V Maneuver	(22:43)
S Nov 11 (315)  Ahead:  A2 Prime Delta V Maneuver	(01:38)
		Ahead: 1st enabling of GT use
		Behind: A2 Apogee			(22:43)
S Nov 12 (316)  Ahead:  A2 Apogee			(01:38)
		Behind: A2 Backup Delta V Maneuver	(22:43)