STEREO Weekly Meeting Minutes for 2013-01-29 (Week 5) ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- * None INSTRUMENT and SPACECRAFT STATUS -------------------------------- * All subsystems on both spacecraft are nominal. DISCUSSION AND OPERATIONS CONSTRAINTS ------------------------------------- Week 04 (Jan 21-27) * On day 021 (Jan 21), during the DSS-15 track for Ahead, commanding was established thirty minutes late at 1507z because monitor data was not available in the MOC throughout the entire support. See DR #G113633 for more information. * On day 021 (Jan 21), the MOPS permanent macro release 1.1.15 was loaded to C&DH EEPROM on both spacecraft. This release increases the SSR housekeeping playback by four minutes to downlink more G&C black box data during the 120Kbps tracks only. * On day 021 (Jan 21), the SSR science partitions on Ahead filled as follows: SWAVES (Part 13) reached 100% full at 1204z for 3.3 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) reached 95% full at 1211z for 3.4 hours. PLASTIC(Part 17) reached 95% full at 1236z for 3.0 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * On day 022 (Jan 22), the SSR science partitions on Ahead filled as follows: SWAVES (Part 13) reached 100% full at 1154z for 5.1 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) reached 95% full at 1152z for 5.3 hours. PLASTIC(Part 17) reached 95% full at 1213z for 4.8 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * On day 024 (Jan 24), the SSR science partitions on Ahead filled as follows: SWAVES (Part 13) reached 100% full at 0105z for 14.3 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) reached 95% full at 0218z for 13.4 hours. PLASTIC(Part 17) reached 95% full at 0251z for 12.7 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * On day 025 (Jan 25), the SSR science partitions on Ahead filled as follows: SWAVES (Part 13) reached 100% full at 1521z for 0.1 hours. SWAVES (Part 13) reached 100% full at 2230z for 1.5 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) reached 95% full at 1457z for 0.7 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) reached 95% full at 2214z for 1.8 hours. PLASTIC(Part 17) reached 95% full at 2255z for 1.1 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * On day 026 (Jan 26), the SSR science partitions on Ahead filled as follows: SWAVES (Part 13) remained 100% full at 0000z for 15.2 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) remained 95% full at 0000z for 15.3 hours. PLASTIC(Part 17) remained 95% full at 0000z for 15.2 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * On day 025 (Jan 25), during the DSS-45 track for Behind, turbo decoder lock was lost briefly at 2354z. This anomaly resulted in the loss of one frame of SSR data. See DR #N108619 for more information. * On day 027, (Jan 27) during the DSS-25 track for Behind, turbo decoder lock was lost briefly at 2048z. This anomaly resulted in the loss of one frame of SSR data. See DR #N108620 for more information. * On day 021 (Jan 21), the SSR science partitions on Behind filled as follows: PLASTIC (Part 17) reached 95% full at 1619z for 0.1 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * On day 024 (Jan 24), the SSR science partitions on Behind filled as follows: SWAVES (Part 13) reached 100% full at 0941z for 6.9 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) reached 95% full at 1305z for 3.5 hours. PLASTIC(Part 17) reached 95% full at 1229z for 4.1 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * On day 025 (Jan 25), the SSR science partitions on Behind filled as follows: SWAVES (Part 13) reached 100% full at 1238z for 4.1 hours. IMPACT (Part 15) reached 95% full at 1549z for 0.9 hours. PLASTIC(Part 17) reached 95% full at 1553z for 0.8 hours. The primary cause was the accumulated shortage of track time throughout the week. * The average daily SSR playback volume during the week was 2.8 gigabits for Ahead, and 3.2 gigabits for Behind. * PLASTIC plans to reduce their telemetry rate by 15% on both spacecraft, to improve data continuity. This is done via a parameter change to increase the accumulation time for some products. They believe they can reduce their rate by as much as 25% before truly serious data degradation would be encountered. Week 05 (Jan 28-Feb 3) * The 48th momentum dump on Behind was carried out successfully yesterday (Jan 28), with ignition at 17:15 UT. * Ahead has 13 passes during the week, and overall coverage is short 13.4 hours. A 70 meter pass is scheduled for Sunday, Feb 3 (D14 at 720 kbps). The station 26 passes on Tuesday, Jan 29, Wednesday, Jan 30, and Friday, Feb 1, and the station 34 pass on Thursday, Jan 31, will all be carried out at 240 kbps. ESA New Norcia passes are scheduled for Monday, Jan 28 (twice), and Wednesday, Jan 30. * Behind has 12 passes during the week, and overall coverage is short 2.4 hours on Jan 29. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Monday, Jan 28 (D63), Tuesday, Jan 29 (D14), Wednesday, Jan 30 (D63), Thursday, Jan 31 (D63), Friday, Feb 1 (D14), Saturday, Feb 2 (D14 at 720 kbps), and Sunday, Feb 3 (D63 at 720 kbps). The station 26 support on Tuesday, Jan 29, will be carried out at 160 kbps. ESA New Norcia supports are on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Jan 30-Feb 1. Week 06 (Feb 4-10) * Bind testing will be performed with the new ESA station at Malargue, Argentina (D84), on Tuesday, Feb 5, between 18-20 UT. This test will be carried out for both Ahead and Behind, but will not involve the actual spacecraft. * A test of the Turbo 1/6th encoding of the beacon telemetry will be performed on the Behind station in conjunction with an antenna at APL between 18:30-20:30 UT on Thursday, Feb 7. This is to test the ability of the APL station to decode Turbo telemetry. * Ahead has 11 passes during the week, and overall coverage is even. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 5 (D63), Friday, Feb 8 (D14), and Saturday, Feb 9 (D14 at 720 kbps). The station 26 pass on Thursday, Feb 7, will be carried out at 240 kbps. ESA New Norcia supports are on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb 6-7, and on Sunday, Feb 10. * Behind has 11 passes during the week, and overall coverage is short 3.8 hours on day 37 (Feb 6). 70 meter passes are scheduled for Monday, Feb 4, Tuesday, Feb 5, and Thursday, Feb 7, all using station 63. The station 65 pass on Wednesday, Feb 6, and the station 26 passes on Wednesday, Feb 6, Friday, Feb 8, and Sunday, Feb 10, will all be carried out at 160 kbps. ESA New Norcia supports are on Thursday and Friday, Feb 7-8. Week 07 (Feb 11-17) * Additional bind testing will be performed with the new ESA station at Malargue, Argentina (D84), on Tuesday, Feb 12, between 18-20 UT. * Ahead has 10 passes during the week, and overall coverage is short by 5.5 hours, mainly on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb 13-14. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 12 (D14), Friday, Feb 15 (D14 at 720 kbps), Saturday, Feb 16 (D63) and Sunday, Feb 17 (D14 at 720 kbps). The station 26 pass on Wednesday, Feb 26, will be carried out at 240 kbps. ESA New Norcia supports are on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb 12-13. * Behind has 14 passes during the week, and overall coverage will be short by 5.1 hours, mainly on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb 12-13. 70 meter passes are on Monday, Feb 11 (D14), Tuesday, Feb 12 (D63), and Friday, Feb 15 (D63 at 720 kbps, D14). The D26 passes on Wednesday, Feb 13, and Saturday, Feb 16, will be at 240 kbps. ESA New Norcia and Cebreros supports are on Thursday, Feb 14. An ESA support on Saturday, Feb 16, was replaced with a 70 meter pass. Week 08 (Feb 18-24) * The 54th momentum dump for Ahead is scheduled for Monday, Feb 18, with ignition at 19:00 UT. * The 49th momentum dump for Behind is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 19, with ignition at 17:00 UT. This is much earlier than usual due to DSN schedule constraints. * Ahead has 9 passes, and overall coverage is nominal. 70 meter passes are on Tuesday, Feb 19 (D63 at 720 kbps) and Wednesday-Saturday (D14), Feb 20-13. D26 passes on Monday, Feb 18, and Sunday, Feb 24, will be carried out at 240 kbps. * Behind has 11 tracks, and overall coverage is nominal. 70 meter passes are on Tuesday, Feb 19, Thursday, Feb 21, and Friday, Feb 22 (all on D63), Saturday, Feb 23 (D14), and Sunday, Feb 24 (D14 at 720 kbps). The D55 pass on Monday, Feb 18, and the D34 pass on Sunday, Feb 14, are both at 160 kbps. ESA New Norcia passes are scheduled for Wednesday, Feb 20, and Friday, Feb 22, and an ESA Cebreros pass for Friday, Feb 22. Week 09 (Feb 25-Mar 3) * Ahead has 12 passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 26 (D63), Wednesday, Feb 27 (D14 at 720 kbps), Saturday, Mar 2 (D14), and Sunday, Mar 3 (D14). The station 26 and 45 passes on Monday, Feb 25, the station 26 pass on Thursday, Feb 28, and the station 65 pass on Sunday, Mar 3, will all be carried out at 240 kbps. ESA New Norcia passes are scheduled for Thursday, Feb 28, and Sunday, Mar 3. * Behind has 13 passes during the week, and overall coverage is short 8.4 hours, mainly during the period from Thursday, Feb 28, to Friday, Mar 1. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Monday, Feb 25 (D14), Wednesday, Feb 27 (D14), Saturday, Mar 2 (D14 at 720 kbps), and Sunday, Mar 3 (D14 at 720 kbps). The station 24 pass on Tuesday, Feb 26, will be carried out at 160 kbps, and the station 26 pass on Thursday, Feb 28, will be carried out at 240 kbps. ESA New Norcia passes are scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 26, Wednesday, Feb 27, and Friday, Mar 1, and an ESA Cebreros pass is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb 27. Week 10 (Mar 4-10) * Daylight savings time in the U.S. begins on Sunday, Mar 10. * Ahead has 13 passes during the week, and overall coverage is short 5.75 hours. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Friday, Mar 8 (D14 at 720 kbps), and Sunday, Mar 10 (D63). The station 26 pass on Monday, Mar 4 will be carried out at 360 kbps, and the station 26 pass on Saturday, Mar 9, will be carried out at 240 kbps. ESA New Norcia passes are scheduled for Monday-Wednesday, Mar 4-6. * Behind has 11 passes during the week, and overall coverage is short 6.7 hours. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Monday, Mar 4 (D63), Wednesday, Mar 6 (D63), Thursday, Mar 7 (D63), Friday, Mar 8 (D63 at 720 kbps), and Sunday, Mar 10 (D63 at 720 kbps). The station 26 (twice) and 65 passes on Saturday, Mar 9, will both be carried out at 160 kbps. Week 11 (Mar 11-17) * The 24th SECCHI stepped calibration roll will be carried out on Behind on Tuesday, Mar 12, starting at 08:35. * Ahead has 9 passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. 70 meter passes are scheduled for Monday, Mar 11 (D14), Tuesday, Mar 12 (D63 at 720 kbps), Friday, Mar 15 (D63 at 720 kbps), and Saturday, Mar 16 (D63). The station 26 passes on Wednesday and Thursday, Mar 13-14, will be carried out at 240 kbps. * Behind has 7 passes during the week, and overall coverage is nominal. 70 meter passes are scheduced for Tuesday, Mar 12 (D63 at 720 kbps), Wednesday, Mar 13 (D63), and Friday, Mar 15 (D63 at 720 kbps). The station 65 pass on Thursday, Mar 14, will be carried out at 160 kbps, and the station 26 pass on Saturday, Mar 16, will be carried out at 240 kbps. Other * Investigation of the turbo decoder dropout problem has resulted in the following: - A problem has been identified with station 63 dropping gain in two separate passes, and is under investigation. - Configuration changes have been identified which may mitigate the occasional short (e.g. 1 frame) outages. COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 05: M Jan 28 (028) Behind: Momentum dump, 17:15 UT T Jan 29 (029) W Jan 30 (030) T Jan 31 (031) F Feb 01 (032) S Feb 02 (033) S Feb 03 (034) Notes: * Significant telemetry shortfalls for both spacecraft are expected during the week. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 06: M Feb 04 (035) T Feb 05 (036) W Feb 06 (037) T Feb 07 (038) Behind: SWx beacon Turbo test 18:30-20:30 F Feb 08 (039) S Feb 09 (040) S Feb 10 (041) Notes: * Significant telemetry shortfalls for the Behind spacecraft are expected during the week. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 07: M Feb 11 (042) T Feb 12 (043) W Feb 13 (044) T Feb 14 (045) F Feb 15 (046) S Feb 16 (047) S Feb 17 (048) Notes: * Significant telemetry shortfalls for both spacecraft are expected during the week. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 08: M Feb 18 (049) Ahead: Momentum dump, 19:00 UT T Feb 19 (050) Behind: Momentum dump, 17:00 UT W Feb 20 (051) T Feb 21 (052) F Feb 22 (053) S Feb 23 (054) S Feb 24 (055) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 09: M Feb 25 (056) T Feb 26 (057) W Feb 27 (058) T Feb 28 (059) F Mar 01 (060) S Mar 02 (061) S Mar 03 (062) Notes: * Significant telemetry shortfalls for the Behind spacecraft are expected during the week. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 10: M Mar 04 (063) T Mar 05 (064) W Mar 06 (065) T Mar 07 (066) F Mar 08 (067) S Mar 09 (068) S Mar 10 (069) Start of daylight savings time in U.S. Notes: * Significant telemetry shortfalls for both spacecraft are expected during the week. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 11: M Mar 11 (070) T Mar 12 (071) Behind: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 08:35 W Mar 13 (072) T Mar 14 (073) F Mar 15 (074) S Mar 16 (075) S Mar 17 (076) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming events: 2013: * May 3 Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 120 kbps * Dec 12 Ahead: Mercury transit 2014: * Jan 20 Behind: End use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet * Apr 21 Behind: Resume use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet * Apr 29 Behind: Mercury transit * Oct 15 Behind: End use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet 2015: * Feb DAWN - Ceres arrival * Jan 20 - Mar 28 (TBC) Behind: Spacecraft behind Sun * Mar 17 - Jul 14 (TBC) Ahead: Spacecraft behind Sun * Jul 2 Behind: Resume use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet * Aug 25 - Oct 19 (TBC) Behind: Spacecraft behind Sun * Sep 25 Behind: End use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet * Jul DAWN - End of nominal mission 2016: * Apr 3 Behind: Resume use of 480 kbps on 70 m DSN subnet * Jul Juno arrival at Jupiter 2017: * Jul 11 Ahead: Switch downlink rate to 160 kbps * Jul 22 Behind: Switch downlink rate to 160 kbps 2018: * Mar 5 Ahead: Mercury transit