STEREO Weekly Meeting Minutes for 2016-11-01 (Week 44) ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- * None INSTRUMENT and SPACECRAFT STATUS -------------------------------- * Ahead is operating nominally on the main lobe of the high gain antenna. * Attempts to recover Behind have transitioned back to a monthly schedule. DISCUSSION AND OPERATIONS CONSTRAINTS ------------------------------------- Week 43 (Oct 24-30) * On day 299 (Oct 25), the PLASTIC instrument team increased the MCP voltage level by 40V on Ahead. * The average daily science data return for Ahead was 5.6 Gbits during this week. * There were no passes for Behind during the week. Week 44 (Oct 31-Nov 6) * Daily savings time in the United States ends on Sunday, Nov 6. * Ahead has 13 passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. An additional 70 meter track using station 43 for 2.4 hours was added on Monday, Oct 31. There are now two tracks at 720 kbps, six at 240 kbps, and five at 160 kbps. * Behind starts the week at an SPE angle of 13.6 degrees. There are no passes scheduled for Behind during the week, as recovery attempts for Behind are back to a monthly schedule. Week 45 (Nov 7-13) * The previously scheduled uplink array passes for Behind on Friday, Nov 11, and Sunday, Nov 13, have been converted to battery recovery passes with the 80 kW transmitter on station 26 on Friday, and Sunday, and a carrier recovery pass with station 14 on Sunday. * Ahead has 10 tracks during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are four tracks at 720 kbps, three at 240 kbps, and three at 160 kbps. * Behind starts the week at an SPE angle of 13.8 degrees. There are no passes for Behind beyond the recovery passes discussed above. Week 46 (Nov 14-20) * Macros release 1.1.30 will be written to C&DH EEPROM on Monday, Nov 14. This will reorder the antenna configuration after system recovery back to the way it was before solar conjunction and side lobe operations. The spacecraft will come back on the -Z antenna for the first 24 hours, then the high gain antenna, and then the +Z antenna, and will remain on the lowest data rate. * The 93rd momentum dump for Ahead is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov 16, with ignition at 14:30 UT. This will be the 12 dump without the gyros. * Ahead has 11 passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are three passes at 720 kbps, one at 240 kbps, and seven at 160 kbps. * Behind starts the week at an SPE angle of 13.9 degrees. There are no passes scheduled for Behind during the week, as recovery attempts for Behind are back to a monthly schedule. Week 47 (Nov 21-27) * Thursday, Nov 24, is Thanksgiving. Both Thursday and Friday are holidays at APL. * Ahead has 13 passes during the week. Three ESA New Norcia passes were added on Monday and Tuesday to make up for the previous shortage, and overall coverage is now nominal. There are four tracks scheduled at 720 kbps, three at 240 kbps, and six at 160 kbps. * Behind starts the week at an SPE angle of 14.1 degrees. There are currently no passes scheduled for Behind during the week. Week 48 (Nov 28-Dec 4) * Ahead has 9 passes during the week, and overall coverage is now nominal. An ESA New Norcia pass was added on Monday. There are now four passes at 720 kbps, three at 240 kbps, and two at 160 kbps. * Behind starts the week at an SPE angle of 14.4 degrees. There are no tracks for Behind scheduled during the week. Week 49 (Dec 5-11) * There's a project interface test with station 26 on day 346 (Dec 11) to test out new DTT software. * Ahead has 8 passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are five passes at 720 kbps, two at 240 kbps, and one at 360 kbps. * Behind starts the week at an SPE angle of 14.6 degrees. The previously scheduled recovery tracks have been moved to the following week to assist the Juno mission with planned perijove maneuvers. Week 50 (Dec 12-18) * The 37th SECCHI stepped calibration roll is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec 13, starting at 06:55 UT. This will be the perihelion roll. System momentum is expected to be 6 N-m-s. This will be the sixth roll without using the gyros. * Ahead has 9 tracks during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are six passes at 720 kbsp, two at 240 kbps, and one at 160 kbps. * Behind starts the week at an SPE angle of 15.0 degrees. Battery recovery passes are scheduled for Friday, Dec 16, using the 80 kW transmitter on station 26, and on Sunday, Dec 18, with station 43. Later on Sunday is a carrier recovery track with station 14. COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 43: M Oct 24 (298) T Oct 25 (299) W Oct 26 (300) T Oct 27 (301) F Oct 28 (302) S Oct 29 (303) S Oct 30 (304) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 44: M Oct 31 (305) T Nov 01 (306) W Nov 02 (307) T Nov 03 (308) F Nov 04 (309) S Nov 05 (310) S Nov 06 (311) Daily savings time ends in U.S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 45: M Nov 07 (312) T Nov 08 (313) W Nov 09 (314) T Nov 10 (315) F Nov 11 (316) Behind: Battery recovery pass with station 26 S Nov 12 (317) S Nov 13 (318) Behind: Battery recovery pass with station 26 Behind: Carrier recovery pass with station 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 46: M Nov 14 (319) T Nov 15 (320) W Nov 16 (321) Ahead: Momentum dump, 14:30 UT T Nov 17 (322) F Nov 18 (323) S Nov 19 (324) S Nov 20 (325) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 47: M Nov 21 (326) T Nov 22 (327) W Nov 23 (328) T Nov 24 (329) Thanksgiving F Nov 25 (330) S Nov 26 (331) S Nov 27 (332) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 48: M Nov 28 (333) T Nov 29 (334) W Nov 30 (335) T Dec 01 (336) F Dec 02 (337) S Dec 03 (338) S Dec 04 (339) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 49: M Dec 05 (340) T Dec 06 (341) W Dec 07 (342) T Dec 08 (343) F Dec 09 (344) S Dec 10 (345) S Dec 11 (346) Ahead: Project interface test with station 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 50: M Dec 12 (347) T Dec 13 (348) Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 06:55 UT W Dec 14 (349) T Dec 15 (350) F Dec 16 (351) Behind: Battery recovery track with station 26 S Dec 17 (352) S Dec 18 (353) Behind: Battery recovery track with station 43 Behind: Carrier recovery track with station 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming events: Behind events are contingent on recovering the spacecraft. 2016: * Dec Behind: Resume LGA downlink capability on 70 m DSN 2017: 2018: * Mar 5 Ahead: Mercury transit 2019: * Mar Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 240 kbps for 34 meter * Apr Behind: Switch downlink rate to 240 kbps for 34 meter 2020: * May Behind: Switch downlink rate to 360 kbps for 34 meter * Jun Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 360 kbps for 34 meter * Jun Behind: Switch downlink rate to 480 kbps for 34 meter * Sep Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 480 kbps for 34 meter 2021: * Jul Behind: Switch downlink rate to 720 kbps for 34 meter * Aug Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 720 kbps for 34 meter