STEREO Weekly Meeting Minutes for 2022-02-01 (Week 05) ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- * None INSTRUMENT and SPACECRAFT STATUS -------------------------------- * Ahead is operating nominally. PLASTIC is in operational mode, but with a moderately higher than normal background rate. * Four years after the initial loss of communications anomaly with the Behind observatory, NASA has directed to cease periodic recovery operations with the last support on October 17, 2018. DISCUSSION AND OPERATIONS CONSTRAINTS ------------------------------------- Week 04 (Jan 24-30) * On day 025 (Jan 25), DSS-53 conducted a successful Project Interface Test with Ahead. The purpose was to validate X-band Telemetry, Tracking, Command, and Monitor data operations for the new Madrid antenna. The MOC successfully received monitor data, real-time telemetry, and sent four commands. * On day 028 (Jan 28), during the DSS-25 support for Ahead, turbo decoder lock was lost briefly at 0527z. This anomaly resulted in the loss of 13 frames of SSR data. * On day 028 (Jan 28), APL successfully conducted DMZ network maintenance from 2100z through 0400z to replace network switches for expanded capacity and higher speed connections. * As of day 030 (Jan 30), all PLASTIC systems are behaving well, except there is a moderate background count rate, which the team is continuing to monitor. * The average daily science data return for Ahead was 6.9 Gbits during this week. Week 05 (Jan 31-Feb 6) * Ahead has twelve passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are six passes at 720 kbps, and six at 480 kbps. Week 06 (Feb 7-13) * Ahead has eleven tracks during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are nine tracks at 720 kbps, and two at 480 kbps. * The 144th momentum dump is scheduled for Thursday, Feb 10, with ignition at 20:30 UT. Week 07 (Feb 14-20) * Ahead has twelve passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are seven passes at 720 kbps, and five at 480 kbps. The pass schedule was adjusted for DSN maintenance on Wednesday. * The annual spacecraft assessment review is scheduled for Thursday, Feb 18, between 8:30-12:00 EST. This will be a virtual meeting. Week 08 (Feb 21-27) * Ahead has eleven passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are six passes at 720 kbps, and five at 480 kbps. * The Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass period runs from Feb 21-Mar 2 (days 52-61). * Coordinated observations between Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter will be made on Feb 22 and Feb 26, to take advantage of quadrature between the two spacecraft. Week 09 (Feb 28-Mar 6) * Ahead has fourteen passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are ten passes at 720 kbps, and four at 480 kbps. * The 61st stepped calibration roll is scheduled for Thursday, Mar 3, starting at 3:35 UT. Week 10 (Mar 7-13) * Ahead has thirteen passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. There are ten passes at 720 kbps, and three at 480 kbps. * The 11th battery discharge maintenance event on Ahead is scheduled for Tuesday, Mar 8, starting at 17:15 UT. The frequency of discharge events will be changed from annually to semiannually. * Daylight Savings Time in the US starts on Sunday, Mar 13. COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 05: M Jan 31 (031) T Feb 01 (032) W Feb 02 (033) T Feb 03 (034) F Feb 04 (035) S Feb 05 (036) S Feb 06 (037) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 06: M Feb 07 (038) T Feb 08 (039) W Feb 09 (040) T Feb 10 (041) Ahead: Momentum dump, 20:30 UT F Feb 11 (042) S Feb 12 (043) S Feb 13 (044) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 07: M Feb 14 (045) T Feb 15 (046) W Feb 16 (047) T Feb 17 (048) F Feb 18 (049) S Feb 19 (050) S Feb 20 (051) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 08: M Feb 21 (052) Start of Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass T Feb 22 (053) PSP/Solar Orbiter quadrature observations W Feb 23 (054) Ahead: COR2 pB campaign (PSP-Earth quadrature) T Feb 24 (055) Ahead: COR2 pB campaign (PSP-Earth quadrature) F Feb 25 (056) Ahead: COR2 & EUVI 171A Deep Field S Feb 26 (057) PSP/Solar Orbiter quadrature observations Ahead: COR2 & EUVI 171A Deep Field S Feb 27 (058) Ahead: COR2 & EUVI 171A Deep Field Notes: * Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass, Feb 21-Mar 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 09: M Feb 28 (059) T Mar 01 (060) W Mar 02 (061) End of Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass T Mar 03 (062) Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 3:35 UT F Mar 04 (063) S Mar 05 (064) S Mar 06 (065) Notes: * Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass, Feb 21-Mar 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 10: M Mar 07 (066) T Mar 08 (067) Ahead: Battery discharge maintenance event W Mar 09 (068) T Mar 10 (069) F Mar 11 (070) S Mar 12 (071) S Mar 13 (072) Start of Daylight Savings Time in US ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming events: Behind events are contingent on recovering the spacecraft. 2022: * Apr 27-30 Comet PANSTARRS in COR2-A field-of-view * May 28-Jun 7 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Sep 2-11 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Sep 4 Solar Orbiter Venus flyby * Dec 7-16 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass 2023: * Mar 13-23 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * May 5 Behind: Mercury transit * Jun 17-27 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Jul 17 Behind: Closest approach to Earth * Aug 13 Ahead: Closest approach to Earth * Aug 21 Parker Solar Probe Venus flyby * Sep 23-Oct 3 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Dec 25-Jan 3 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass 2024: * Mar 26-Apr 4 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Jun 26-Jul 5 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Sep 26-Oct 5 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Nov 6 Parker Solar Probe Venus flyby, in HI2-A field-of-view * Dec 20-29 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass 2025: * Feb 18 Solar Orbiter Venus flyby * Mar 19-27 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Apr 7 Ahead: Mercury transit * Jun 15-24 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass 2026: * Dec 24 Solar Orbiter Venus flyby 2027: * Feb 1 Behind: Mercury transit 2028: * Mar 18 Solar Orbiter Venus flyby 2029: * Jun 10 Solar Orbiter Venus flyby * Jun 30 Ahead: Mercury transit 2030: * Sep 3 Solar Orbiter Venus flyby