UARS Weekly Status Report

21 January 2000




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                UARS WEEKLY STATUS REPORT - 21 JAN 2000

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SOLSTICE
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We continue to gather enough data to meet all the SOLSTICE science
objectives during this period of reduced tape recorder operations. 
SOLSTICE operates normally, collecting solar data on all available 
orbital tracking periods and stellar calibration observations whenever 
possible.

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SUSIM
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SUSIM continues to gather a minimum set of daily solar scans scheduled
for periods of predicted telemetry.

Given the present situation of intermittent and uncertain UARS telemetry,
we are working to generate a version of the SUSIM production software
which is more robust with respect to incomplete scanning data.  These
fixes are being tested now.


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ACRIM
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Nothing received.

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PEM
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     The PEM/AXIS was activated on January 15 in the half AXIS mode.  Only 
AXIS-1 is active, producing energy deposition from electrons inferred from the 
measured X-rays from eight pixels on one side of the spacecraft.

     The PEM spectrometers continue to be active under PMON control*.  While 
under PMON control, the PEM spectrometers computed energy deposition from 
electrons and protons measured in-situ by the particle spectrometers.

     PEM submitted its paper discussing its arguments for the extended UARS 
mission which would overlap with the CHEM spacecraft.  PEM arguments for 
extending the UARS mission included the possibility of coincidence measurements 
of in situ particle measurements with remote-instruments measurements from CHEM,
a continuation of particle monitoring into the next solar cycle, and increasing
the time base where large storms are more likely to occur and dump energy into 
the atmosphere.


*Beginning of power orbit day (PEM activation): array current >5 amps, array 
     voltage >53.5 volts, and battery current >2.0 amps.  
 End of power orbit day (PEM deactivation): time in power orbit day >4 minutes,
     array current <9 amps, and battery currents <0.2 amps.
 Power orbit day variation: ~39-40 min at yaw to ~50-51 min at maximum beta.

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HALOE 
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Nothing received.

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MLS
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Nothing received.

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HRDI
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Nothing received.

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WINDII
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Nothing received.

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MPG
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Routine processing of instrument Daily Activity Plans continues  
with no problems.  The MPG continues to assist the Project 
Scientist with the scheduling of instrument operations. 

The MPG participated in a meeting on 20 January which was 
called to make recommendations for spacecraft tape recorder 
(NBTR2) scheduling.  While several options are being explored, 
NBTR2 will be used as needed to support specific science
mission or engineering requirements (using stored commands).
Real time data will continue to be relayed via TDRS E and 
TDRS W when either TDRS is in view.

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CDHF
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The CDHF processed current day data through level 3 for all active
instruments. Additionally, CDHF personnel reprocessed: (R)= Requested
   (C) = Complete, (F)= Failed  (L) = Days remaining to reprocess.
        31 days WIN (5.11A) PROD (L1-L3)         (520R-311C-13F=196L)
         2 days SEN (5.0)   PROD (1992)          (2R-2C=0L)
         1 day  SUS (7.2)   PROD (L1-L3) (TEST)  (10R-10C=0L)
        27 days SUS (7.2)   PROD (L1-L3)         (27R-27C=0L)
             
The CDHF is  processing SENSOR V5.0 software against 1992 data as requested
by FDF.

The CDHF has promoted SUSIM V7.2 Formal Software Delivery (Patch) to
production mode.  Current day processing has resumed. 
         
CDHF REHOST:                                                             
-  Testing HRDI V4.4 on the Rehost System.     
-  Testing SOLSTICE V4.62 on the Rehost System.
-  Plans to test WINDII V5.11A on the Rehost System.
-  Rehost procedures/work instructions continued to be developed and/or 
   reviewed. 
                  
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FOT
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                                  REPORTING PERIOD

This report covers 08 January, 2000 (Orbit 45499, GMT Day 008) through 14 
January 2000 (Orbit 45603, GMT Day 014).


                               SPACECRAFT OPERATION

The observatory is now in Reverse Flight (Northern Hemisphere viewing) and is 
performing nominally under two-battery operations.  The instrument operational 
changes were:

                          INSTRUMENT OPERATIONAL CHANGES

                  Instrument     Time       Orbit     Comment
                    PEM        009/1337     45522     Calibration
                   HALOE       009/1759     45525     On

The beta angle ranged between the angles of 2.2 degrees to 30.7 degrees for 
this report period.  The beta angle is now increasing toward a maximum angle of 
76.0 degrees on 27 January 1999 (DOY 027).

Spacecraft battery 1, 2, and 3 performance monitoring continues. Battery 1 
remains OFF the charge relay.  Battery 2 and Battery 3 are currently 
maintaining greater than 23.8 V end-of-night (EON) load bus voltage.  Battery 
temperatures are stable with a temperature delta between Battery 2 and Battery 
3 of 1.0 to 1.3 degrees C.  Additional battery performance data for each 
battery on 07 December 2000 and 14 December 2000 are provided in Appendix D.

The clock error ranged from -7.9 to 8.2 msec during this report period.  Clock 
rate adjustments are listed in Appendix C.

All instrument and subsystem engineers were advised on the initial excursion of 
ALERTS or Out-Of-Limits conditions detected by the FOT for this report.  A 
summary is listed below and the details of ALERT and Out-Of-Limits occurrences 
are listed in Appendix B.

%     OUT-OF-LIMITS   =   01
%     ALERTS          =   00

The following real-time command sheets were executed for the listed operational 
element(s) during this report period (see Appendix A).

%     FOT             =   08
%     HALOE           =   02
%     PEM             =   01

UARS Anomaly Reports initiated during this report period are listed in Appendix 
E and summarized below.

%     FOT             =   00

Three (3) Anomaly Reports remained OPEN at the end of this report period (see 
Appendix E).

TRANSPONDER FREQUENCIES:
7 Transponder A:  99/358  -  2287.496855
7 Transponder B:  99/365  -  2287.499111


                               GROUND SYSTEM OPERATION

One (1) operational support problems occurred this period.  Anomaly Reports are 
included in Appendix E.

The data loss calculations supplied by Data Capture Facility (DCF) from mission 
start through UTC Day 00/013 show the observatory data loss to be 563 hours, 06 
minutes, 50.601 seconds (an increase of 01 hours 10 minutes 14.240 seconds 
since the last report period).

The increase of 01 hours 10 minutes 14.240 seconds occurred over six (6) days:

- 03 minutes 11.696 seconds on Day 007 due to an unspecified problem.
- 02 minutes 47.408 seconds on Day 009 due to an unspecified problem.
- 21 minutes 44.032 seconds on Day 010 due to an unspecified problem.
- 20 minutes 47.296 seconds on Day 011 due to an unspecified problem.
- 14 minutes 24.512 seconds on Day 012 due to an unspecified problem.
- 07 minutes 19.296 seconds on Day 013 due to an unspecified problem.

These calculations are under repair.  They are being recalculated from the date 
where PASS 2 operations were scheduled exclusively.

                           OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

                           UARS SATELLITE OPERATIONS

This week we executed the PEM calibration.  Everything went according to plan 
and they were put back into day only operations after two orbits of full time 
activity.  

The FOT also continued their investigation of the TMONs so that the new TMON 
can be built for the OBC controlled safehold.  We got on the simulator and made 
note of all the telemetry points that didn't match the real spacecraft.  This 
list will be given to UTTS manager so that they can be put into the scenario.  
Once this is accomplished the writing and testing of the TMON will begin.  

                                   MEETINGS

JAN 12, 2000 - The FOT attended the UARS Monthly meeting.  This was the first 
meeting with our new Mission Director, Herman Williams.  Also Mr Bill Guit was 
present.  Mr Guit is the Mission Director to Landsat 7 and TRMM as well as 
fulfilling a backup roll to Herman.  The FOT would like to welcome Mr. Williams 
and Mr Guit to the project.

Aside from the usual subsystem overview most of the discussion were related to 
the tape recorder.  The data loss calculations are going to be recalculated 
based on Pass 2 recordings only.  The start date is to be determined.  
Additional discussion centered on the components necessary for going to three 
TDRSS operations.  A meeting was scheduled later this month to discuss this 
further.

Jan 11, 2000 - The FOT attended a meeting to brief the Flight Software Group 
from Code 582.  They will be assuming the responsibility for all spacecraft 
software maintenance.  If three TDRSS operations are approved, the FSW group 
will probably be given that task of modifying the onboard code.



                            FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

No specific date was agreed upon for UARS Safehold configuration discussions.  
Instead, the Supporting Engineers involved will be contacted every two weeks to 
determine if either the Flight Operations Team or Supporting Engineers have any 
new developments that should be discussed in a group.

The next UARS Yaw slew is scheduled for February 15, 2000 (DOY 046).  This 
maneuver will be a Reverse to Forward Flight maneuver (Southern Hemisphere 
viewing).

Attachments:     Appendix A,     Real-time Commands Sheets
                 Appendix B,     Out-Of-Limits & ALERT Occurrences
                 Appendix C,     Clock & Solar Array Rate Corrections
                 Appendix D,     UARS Battery Performance Data
                 Appendix E,     UARS Anomaly Reports


                                APPENDIX A
                          REAL-TIME COMMAND SHEETS
                         Week ending 14 January 2000

                ORBIT     AOS      NO.     SUBSYS   REASON
                -----     ---      ---     ------   -------
                45522   009/1247   00-004   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS
                45522   009/1337   00-005   PEM     PEM CALIBRATION
                45525   009/1759   00-006   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS
                45525   009/1759   00-007   HALOE   Power ON
                45527   009/2127   00-008   HALOE   Power ON
                45541   010/1837   00-009   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS
                45555   011/1808   00-010   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS
                45564   012/0802   00-010   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS
                45570   012/1822   00-011   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS
                45585   013/1815   00-012   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS
                45600   014/1818   00-013   NBTR    NBTR NOOPS

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                                  APPENDIX B
                        OUT-OF-LIMITS & ALERTS OCCURRENCES
                          Week ending 14 January 2000

The following Out-Of-Limits occurrences were detected:

            MNEMONIC     STATE    DESCRIPTION               ORBITS
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            HRPTSPBIMON  Y-HI     HRDI PB CURRENT MONITOR   continuous

                The following ALERT occurrences were detected:

            MNEMONIC              DESCRIPTION               ORBITS
            ---------             ------------              ------
                  No Alerts to report this report period.

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                                APPENDIX C
                     CLOCK & SOLAR ARRAY RATE CORRECTIONS
                         Week ending 14 January 2000

                         CLOCK DRIFT RATE ADJUSTMENTS

                ORBIT     TIME                        CLOCK RATE CHANGE
                -----     ----                        -----------------
                  None this report period

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                                APPENDIX D
                        UARS BATTERY PERFORMANCE DATA
                         Week ending 14 January 2000


           07 Jan 2000 - GMT Day 007 Beta = 2.2 deg, SA Pos = 269 deg

        DIFF V (mV)   TEMP (C)   CURR (amp)   EON V   AVE C/D   AVE
BAT     MAX/MIN       MAX/MIN    MAX/MIN      MIN     RATIO     DOD(%)
---    -----------   ---------  -----------   -----   -------   ------   
1     44.8/-72.8   -3.68/-4.62   +0.0/+0.0    16.2   0.000      0.0
2    +16.8/-28.0   +5.79/+4.51   30.4/-13.6   24.5   1.030      21.4
3    +33.6/-22.4   +4.51/+3.23   29.6/-14.4   24.5   1.027      21.2


        14 Jan 2000 - GMT Day 014 Beta = 30.7 deg, SA Pos = 269 deg

       DIFF V (mV)    TEMP (C)   CURR (amp)   EON V   AVE C/D   AVE
BAT    MAX/MIN        MAX/MIN    MAX/MIN      MIN     RATIO     DOD(%)
---   -------------  ----------  ---------    -----    ------  ------
1    -50.4/-78.4   -3.05/-4.31    +0.0/+0.0   16.2    0.000     0.0
2    +11.2/-78.4   +6.44/+4.83   +30.4/-15.2  24.2    1.023     22.5
3    +33.6/-67.2   +5.15/+3.87   +29.6/-16.0  24.2    1.017     22.3


                            V/T LEVEL CHANGES
                   ORB#     TIME            LVL FR-TO
                   -----    ----------      ----------
                         no changes         V/T 5
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                                APPENDIX E
                           UARS ANOMALY REPORTS
                         Week ending 14 January 2000

                       NEW ANOMALY REPORTS GENERATED
AR NO.    SUBSYS     ORBIT     TIME     TTR     PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------     -----     ----     ---     -----------------
                       No new reports generated

                      ANOMALY CLOSURE INFORMATION RECEIVED
AR NO.    SUBSYS     ORBIT     TIME     TTR     PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------     -----     ----     ---     -----------------
                       No new reports generated

                      ANOMALY INVESTIGATION REPORTS GENERATED
AR NO.    SUBSYS     ORBIT     TIME     TTR     PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
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                       No new reports generated

                          OPEN ANOMALY REPORTS
AR NO.    SUBSYS    ORBIT      TIME      TTR     PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------    -----      ----      ---     -----------------
99-064    FOT       44135     10/8-9/99  N/A     HRDI Cal Lamp Errors
99-071    FOT       44398     299/1212   21512   TPF Not Receiving 512 PB
00-001    FOT       See list  January    14170   Generic Late Acquisition

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