STEREO Weekly Meeting Minutes for 2025-08-05 (Week 32) 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 31 (July 28-Aug 3) * On day 210 (Jul 29), during the DSS-55 support, the beginning of track was delayed five minutes until 02:40 UT, due to operator error. This anomaly resulted in the loss of five minutes of real-time telemetry, tracking, and SSR data. The MOPs team repositioned the SSR pointers during the support and recovered all the affected data. See DR #C118561 for more information. * On day 215 (Aug 3), the SECCHI instrument reset at 07:10:12 UT. The SECCHI team reconfigured the instrument to operational mode by 20:15 UT. This was the 84th reset of the SECCHI instrument on the Ahead observatory. * The average daily science data return for Ahead was 7.5 Gbits during this week. Week 32 (Aug 4-10) * Ahead has thirteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. Week 33 (Aug 11-17) * Ahead has thirteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * On Saturday, August 16th, APL will have a commerical power outage from 6-10am eastern time. The MOC will operate on generator power, and this activity is expected to have no impact on operations. * On Saturday, August 16th, from 11:30-13:30 UT there will be the MOC will have a security test. There may be some internet dropouts during the test. There is no scheduled track activity during the test, and it should not affect operations. Week 34 (Aug 18-24) * Ahead has fourteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. Week 35 (Aug 25-31) * Ahead has thirteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * The 76th SECCHI stepped calibration roll is scheduled for Monday, August 25th, at 21:00 UT. * There is a DSN network maintenance event scheduled on Wednesday, August 27th, from 15:00-23:00 UT. Week 36 (Sep 1-7) * Ahead has seventeen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * APL will be closed on Monday, Sep 1, for the Labor Day holiday. * An ESA Cebreros track is scheduled for Wednesday, September 3rd, from 02:10 to 06:10 UT. * The 179th momentum dump is scheduled for Thursday, September 4th, at 19:30 UT. * The 22nd Solar Orbiter remote sensing window begins Sunday, September 7th. Week 36 (Sep 8-14) * Ahead has sixteen passes during the week, all at 720 kbps, and overall coverage is nominal. * There is a DSN network maintenance event scheduled from Monday, September 8th, at 22:00 UT to Tuesday at 06:00 UT * Beginning Friday, September 12th, SECCHI will be conducting special observations in conjunction with the Parker Solar Probe perihelion. * The 23rd Solar Orbiter remote sensing window begins Saturday, September 13th. Other COORDINATED OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 32: M Aug 04 (216) T Aug 05 (217) W Aug 06 (218) T Aug 07 (219) F Aug 08 (220) S Aug 09 (221) S Aug 10 (222) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 33: M Aug 11 (223) T Aug 12 (224) W Aug 13 (225) T Aug 14 (226) F Aug 15 (227) S Aug 16 (228) S Aug 17 (229) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 34: M Aug 18 (230) T Aug 19 (231) W Aug 20 (232) T Aug 21 (233) F Aug 22 (234) S Aug 23 (235) S Aug 24 (236) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 35: M Aug 25 (237) Ahead: SECCHI stepped calibration roll, 21:00 UT T Aug 26 (238) W Aug 27 (239) T Aug 28 (240) F Aug 29 (241) S Aug 30 (242) S Aug 31 (243) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 36: M Sep 01 (244) Labor Day holiday T Sep 02 (245) W Sep 03 (246) T Sep 04 (247) Ahead: Momentum dump, 19:30 UT F Sep 05 (248) S Sep 06 (249) S Sep 07 (250) SolO RSW 22 begins Notes: * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 22, Sep 7-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scheduled activities for Week 37: M Sep 08 (251) T Sep 09 (252) W Sep 10 (253) T Sep 11 (254) F Sep 12 (255) SolO RSW 22 ends; PSP perihelion begins S Sep 13 (256) SolO RSW 23 begins S Sep 14 (257) Notes: * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 22, Sep 7-12 * Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 23, Sep 13-23 * Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass, Sep 12-20 Upcoming events: 2025: * Oct 1-6 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 24 * Dec 9-17 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass 2026: * Feb 12-27 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 25 * Feb 28-Mar 10 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 26 * Mar 8-16 Parker Solar Probe perihelion pass * Mar 29-Apr 3 Solar Orbiter Remote Sensing Window 27 * 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=NzM5NDA3IGxhbi5qaWFuQE5BU0EuR09WIFNURVJFTy1TQ0ktT1BTILQVWhe00afS&c=SIGNOFF ########################################################################