STEREO Weekly Meeting Minutes for 2026-03-24 (Week 13) 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 12 (Mar 16-22) * On day 076 (Mar 17), during the DSS-54 support, turbo decoder lock was lost briefly at 07:27 UT. This anomaly resulted in the loss of one frame of SSR data. The MOPs team repositioned the SSR pointers during the support and recovered all the affected data. * On day 076 (Mar 17), DSN conducted a Mission Network Maintenance from 21:00 UT through 05:00 UT on March 18th. After the maintenance, the MOPs team verified the SLE telemetry and command connectivity with DSN. * The average daily science data return for Ahead was 7.3 Gbits during this week. Week 13 (Mar 23-29) * Ahead has fourteen passes during the week, all at 480 kbps and overall coverage is nominal. * There was an ESA New Norcia pass yesterday, March 23rd, from 18:45-20:45 UT. * The 184th momentum dump was conducted successfully this morning, March 24th, at 14:00 UT. * An ESA Malargue track is scheduled for Wednesday, March 25th, from 07:45 to 08:50 UT. * The 27th Solar Orbiter remote sensing window begins Sunday, March 29th. Week 14 (Mar 30 - Apr 5) * Ahead has twelve passes during the week, four at 720 kbps, and eight at 480 kbps. Overall coverage is nominal. The schedule for this week was modified to accommodate changes in DSN availability due to the planned Artmeis II launch. * The Artemis II launch opportunity window opens on Wednesday, April 1st, and closes Friday, April 11th. * There will be a MOC firewall upgrade on Wednesday, April 1st, from 11:00-15:00 UT. Week 15 (Apr 6-12) * Ahead has fifteen passes during the week, one at 720 kbps, and twelve at 480 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. The schedule for this week was modified to accommodate changes in DSN availability due to the planned Artmeis II launch. * An ESA Cebreros track is scheduled for Wednesday, April 8th, from 04:30 to 05:25. * An ESA Malargue track is scheduled for Wednesday, April 8th, from 07:05 to 09:10. * An ESA Malargue track is scheduled for Thursday, April 9th, from 14:45 to 18:45. Week 16 (Apr 13-19) * Ahead has eleven passes during the week, four at 720 kbps and seven at 480 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * There is a DSN mission network maintenance scheduled for Wednesday, April 15th, from 10:30-14:30 UT. Week 17 (Apr 20-26) * Ahead has eleven passes during the week, one at 720 kbps and ten at 480 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. Week 18 (Apr 27 - May 3) * Ahead has eleven passes during the week, one at 720 kbps and ten at 480 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. Other COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 13: M Mar 23 (082) T Mar 24 (083) Ahead: Momentum dump, 14:00 UT W Mar 25 (084) T Mar 26 (085) F Mar 27 (086) S Mar 28 (087) S Mar 29 (088) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 27 begins Notes: * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 27, Mar 29-Apr 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 14: M Mar 30 (089) T Mar 31 (090) W Apr 01 (091) Artemis II launch window begins T Apr 02 (092) F Apr 03 (093) S Apr 04 (094) S Apr 05 (095) Notes: * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 27, Mar 29-Apr 3 * Artemis II launch window, Apr 1-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 15: M Apr 06 (096) T Apr 07 (097) W Apr 08 (098) T Apr 09 (099) F Apr 10 (100) Artemis II launch window ends S Apr 11 (101) S Apr 12 (102) Notes: * Artemis II launch window, Apr 1-10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 16: M Apr 13 (103) T Apr 14 (104) W Apr 15 (105) T Apr 16 (106) F Apr 17 (107) S Apr 18 (108) S Apr 19 (109) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 17: M Apr 20 (110) T Apr 21 (111) W Apr 22 (112) T Apr 23 (113) F Apr 24 (114) S Apr 25 (115) S Apr 26 (116) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 18: M Apr 27 (117) T Apr 28 (118) W Apr 29 (119) T Apr 30 (120) F May 01 (121) S May 02 (122) S May 03 (123) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming events: 2026: * Jun 4-12 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Aug 4-14 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 28 * Aug 15-25 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 29 * Sep 1-9 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Sep 11-21 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 30 * Nov 28-Dec 6 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Dec 24 Solar Orbiter Venus flyby 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 ######################################################################## Access the STEREO-SCI-OPS Home Page and Archives: http://listserv.jhuapl.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=STEREO-SCI-OPS Unsubscribe from the STEREO-SCI-OPS List: http://listserv.jhuapl.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM5NjAzIHNoYWVsYS5pLmpvbmVzbWVjaG9sc2t5QE5BU0EuR09WIFNURVJFTy1TQ0ktT1BTIGvQ3MCEIhMC&c=SIGNOFF ########################################################################