STEREO Weekly Meeting Minutes for 2025-03-04 (Week 10) 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 9 (Feb 24 - Mar 2) * No ground system or spacecraft anomalies occurred this week. * The average daily science data return for Ahead was 7.9 Gbits during this week. Week 10 (Mar 3-9) * Ahead has fifteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. Two tracks were added to this schedule. * The 74th SECCHI stepped calibration roll is scheduled for Wednesday, March 5th, at 12:35 UT. * Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday, March 9. Week 11 (Mar 10-16) * Ahead has sixteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 19 begins on Tuesday, March 11. * There is a DSN network maintenance event scheduled for Thursday, March 13. Week 12 (Mar 17-23) * Ahead has thirteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * SECCHI is observing the Parker Solar Probe perihelion beginning Wednesday, March 19. Week 13 (Mar 24-30) * Ahead has fifteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 20 begins on Saturday, March 29. Week 14 (Mar 31 - Apr 6) * Ahead has sixteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * The 175th momentum dump is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1, at 18:15 UT. * On Wednesday, April 2, an ESA New Norcia track is scheduled from 02:05 to 05:35 UT. Week 15 (Apr 7-13) * Ahead has fifteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * The Ahead spacecraft will observe a transit of Mercury on Monday, April 7. * There is a DSN network maintenance event scheduled for Tuesday, April 8. Other COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 09: M Feb 24 (055) T Feb 25 (056) W Feb 26 (057) T Feb 27 (058) F Feb 28 (059) S Mar 01 (060) S Mar 02 (061) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00 Notes: * Betelgeuse campaign: - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution - 1 HI-1 image - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 10: M Mar 03 (062) T Mar 04 (063) W Mar 05 (064) Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 12:35 UT T Mar 06 (065) F Mar 07 (066) S Mar 08 (067) S Mar 09 (068) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00 Notes: * Betelgeuse campaign: - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution - 1 HI-1 image - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 11: M Mar 10 (069) T Mar 11 (070) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 19 begins W Mar 12 (071) T Mar 13 (072) F Mar 14 (073) S Mar 15 (074) S Mar 16 (075) Notes: * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 19, Mar 11-28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 12: M Mar 17 (076) T Mar 18 (077) W Mar 19 (078) PSP perihelion begins T Mar 20 (079) F Mar 21 (080) S Mar 22 (081) S Mar 23 (082) Notes: * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 19, Mar 11-28 * Parker Solar Probe perihelion Mar 19-27: - HI1 20-min cadence (Radial w STA), Mar 18-20 - COR2 deep field (36 sec exp/5 min cadence) (Q+R w STA), Mar 21-24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 13: M Mar 24 (083) T Mar 25 (084) W Mar 26 (085) T Mar 27 (086) PSP perihelion ends F Mar 28 (087) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 19 ends S Mar 29 (088) Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 20 begins S Mar 30 (089) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00 Notes: * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 19, Mar 11-28 * Parker Solar Probe perihelion Mar 19-27: - HI1 20-min cadence (Radial w STA), Mar 18-20 - COR2 deep field (36 sec exp/5 min cadence) (Q+R w STA), Mar 21-24 * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 20, Mar 29-Apr 6 * Betelgeuse campaign: - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution - 1 HI-1 image - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 14: M Mar 31 (090) T Apr 01 (091) Ahead: Momentum dump, 18:15 UT W Apr 02 (092) T Apr 03 (093) F Apr 04 (094) S Apr 05 (095) S Apr 06 (096) Betelgeuse campaign, 12:00-14:00 Notes: * Betelgeuse campaign: - HI-2 short-exposure, high-resolution - 1 HI-1 image - no EUVI, COR1 or COR2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 15: M Apr 07 (097) Ahead: Mercury transit T Apr 08 (098) W Apr 09 (099) T Apr 10 (100) F Apr 11 (101) S Apr 12 (102) S Apr 13 (103) Upcoming events: 2025: * Apr 25-30 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 21 * Jun 15-24 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Sep 7-12 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 22 * Sep 13-23 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 23 * Sep 12-20 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Oct 1-16 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 24 * Dec 9-17 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass 2026: * Mar 8-16 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Jun 4-12 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Sep 1-9 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * 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=NzM5MjQ2IHNoYWVsYS5pLmpvbmVzbWVjaG9sc2t5QE5BU0EuR09WIFNURVJFTy1TQ0ktT1BTID6aADWmLhmq&c=SIGNOFF ########################################################################