UARS Weekly Status Report

20 August 2004




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                UARS WEEKLY STATUS REPORT - 20 Aug 2004

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SOLSTICE
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SOLSTICE began day only operations on day 229 in support of the yaw 
maneuver. This mode  continues until day 234. Otherwise, the instrument 
continues to perform exceptionally, taking solar data on all available 
orbital tracking periods. An average of 52% of data were returned this 
week accounting for 359 minutes of solar observing time.

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SUSIM
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SUSIM was turned off for the yaw-around on August 15.  Earlier, the
experiment successfully gathered daily mid (1.1 nm) resolution, MgII,
occultation, solar pointing offset, and continuous monitoring scans
for periods of UARS real-time telemetry or onboard tape recording.

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PEM
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     HEPSA data files are version 2.  Currently, HEPSA data between 1991274 
and 2004059 has been reprocessed and archived at the GSFC DAAC.  Currently, 
HEPSA data between 2004060 and 2004069 has been processed waiting for
archival at the GSFC DAAC.  

     MEPS data files are version 1.  Processed MEPS data files at the 
DAAC archive are between 1991274 and 2004039.  Currently, MEPS data between 
2004040 and 2004069 has been processed waiting for archival at the GSFC DAAC.  

     PEM continues to receive NMC data files from NOAA.  No problems have
been encountered.

     The PEM data from the GUVI conjunction periods may be found at 
http://wwwpem.space.swri.edu/guvi-pem.html.  The additional electron data for 
the October and November storms of 2003 has been moved and is now located at 
http://climatology.space.swri.edu/uars_fromRudy.html.  For those users of 
SDDAS, update your UARS Meta data and these data times will appear
with full functionality.  Proton data from these storms are now located at
http://climatology.space.swri.edu/UARS_images_from_Rudy_(Apr._2004).html

     Requests have been received for storm spectral data.  Overview plots were 
produced and these plots may be found on the web at
http://climatology.space.swri.edu/UARS_images_postedJune2004.html
for the storms of October 29 of 1991, November 8-9 of 1991, April 6-7 of 2000, 
March 31 - April 1 of 2001, April 11-12 of 2001, November 6-7 of 2001, and 
November 11-12 of 2001.

*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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MPG
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The MPG continues to serve as the point-of-contact for UARS
instrument operations in support of the Science Traceability
Mission of UARS.

Daily processing of instrument Daily Activity Plans continues
with no problems.

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CDHF
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Nothing received.
                  
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FOT
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                           REPORTING PERIOD

This  report covers 07 August 2004 (Orbit 70623, GMT Day 220)  through
13 August 2004 (Orbit 70729, GMT Day 226).


                         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
       HALOE         226/2324      70728     POWER OFF


The beta angle ranged between the angles of 35.1 degrees to 16.5
degrees for this report period.  The beta angle is now decreasing
towards a minimum angle of 0 degrees on 18 August 2004 (DOY 231).

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 23.6 V end-of-night (EON) load bus
voltage.  Battery temperatures are stable with a temperature delta
between Battery 2 and Battery 3 of 0.32 to 0.64 degrees C.  Additional
battery performance data for each battery on 06 July and 13 August
2004 are provided in Appendix D.

The clock error ranged from 2.8 to -9.3 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  =    00
    ALERTS         =    00

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

    FOT       =    01
    HALOE     =    01


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

    FOT       =    04

Four (4) Anomaly Reports remained OPEN at the end of this report period
(see Appendix E).


                        GROUND SYSTEM OPERATION

Four (4) operational support problems occurred this period.  Anomaly
Reports are included in Appendix E.

The data loss calculations are no longer being supplied by Data
Capture Facility (DCF).


                       OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS


                       UARS SATELLITE OPERATIONS


This past week on the 223/0121 Z event, VT-6 was commanded due to the
differential voltage being greater than 180 mV for three consecutive
orbits.  The differential voltage returned to nominal values after two
orbits subsequent to the change.  The spacecraft remained in VT-6 for
the rest of the week.

The FOT completed the testing of the new version of the Eclipse ground
system software.  Only one out of the fourteen DRs delivered did not
function properly.  The build will be released to operations despite
this discrepancy.  Due to scheduling issues with key personnel during
the next few weeks, the build will not be put onto the servers until
07 September 2004.

The new CMS code to allow for SMA events continued to undergo testing
this week.  Problems receiving products from FDF, transferring the
schedule from UPS to CMS, and system drive issues hindered progress.
While the FDF product and system drive issues have been resolved, the
transfer issue is still under investigation.

                               MEETINGS


The FOT attended a meeting on 11 August 2004 with FDF and the HRDI
team to discuss the attitude discrepancy found in the HRDI data.  The
FOT was assigned the task of running some simulations to see if the
noise parameters on the FSS can be adjusted to reduce the attitude
error.  This will be started next week.


                                   
                       FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

The next UARS Yaw slew is scheduled for 18 August 2004 (DOY 231).
This maneuver will be a Reverse to Forward Flight maneuver (Southern
Hemisphere viewing).


Attachments:
                 Appendix A,     Real-time Command 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 13 August 2004

ORBIT   AOS        NO.      SUBSYS      REASON
-----   ---        ---      ------      ------
70669   223/0119   04-230   MPS         VT LEVEL 6
70728   226/2324   04-231   HALOE       POWER OFF


                              APPENDIX B
                  OUT-OF-LIMITS & ALERTS OCCURRENCES
                      Week ending 13 August 2004

The following Out-Of-Limits occurrences were detected:

MNEMONIC       STATE   DESCRIPTION                ORBITS
--------       -----   -----------                ------
-None this report period.


The following ALERT occurrences were detected:

MNEMONIC     DESCRIPTION                          ORBITS
--------     -----------                          ------
-None this report period.



                              APPENDIX C
                 CLOCK & SOLAR ARRAY RATE CORRECTIONS
                      Week ending 13 August 2004

                     CLOCK DRIFT RATE ADJUSTMENTS

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


                              APPENDIX D
                     UARS BATTERY PERFORMANCE DATA
                      Week ending 13 August 2004

     06 August 2004 - GMT Day 219 Beta = 36.7 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    -700.0/-700.0 -3.05/-4.31  +00.0/+00.0  07.0     0.00      0.0
2     -00.0/-212.8 +5.15/+3.87  +26.8/-14.4  25.6     1.04     20.0
3     +33.6/-033.6 +3.87/+2.92  +26.4/-14.4  25.4     1.03     19.5

     13 August 2004 - GMT Day 226 Beta = 16.5 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    -700.0/-700.0 -3.05/-3.68  +00.0/+00.0  07.0     0.00      0.0
2     -00.0/-22.4  +5.79/+5.47  +24.8/-12.0  26.7     1.02     20.5
3     +22.4/-00.0  +4.83/+4.19  +24.0/-12.0  26.7     1.02     20.0




     V/T LEVEL CHANGES
ORB#           AOS TIME   LVL FR-TO
-----          --------   ---------
70669          223/0119   LV5 -> LV6


                              APPENDIX E
                         UARS ANOMALY REPORTS
                      Week ending 13 August 2004

                     NEW ANOMALY REPORTS GENERATED
AR NO.   SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS    PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------   ------   -----     ----      ---     -----------------
04-053   FOT      70674     223/0845  36597   No Acquisition GDIS Prob at WS
04-054   FOT      70708     225/1549  36643   Bad Weather conditions @ Guam
04-055   FOT      70711     224/2037  36648   Data Dropout
04-050   FOT      70714     226/0111  30832   Generic Late Acquisition

                 ANOMALY CLOSURE INFORMATION RECEIVED
AR NO.   SUBSYS   ORBIT     TIME      CDS     PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------   ------   -----     ----      ---     -----------------
04-051   FOT      70564     216/0211  36541   Data Dropout
04-052   FOT      70576     216/2103  36556   Loss of Downlink

                ANOMALY INVESTIGATION REPORTS GENERATED
AIR NO.  SUBSYS   ORBIT     TIME      CDS     PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------   ------   -----     ----      ---     -----------------
-None this report period.

                         OPEN ANOMALY REPORTS
AR NO.   SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS     PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------   ------    -----     ----      ---     -----------------
04-050   FOT       See List  August 04 30832   Generic Late Acquisition
04-053   FOT       70674     223/0845  36597   No Acquisition GDIS Prob at WS
04-054   FOT       70708     225/1549  36643   Bad Weather conditions @ Guam
04-055   FOT       70711     224/2037  36648   Data Dropout