UARS Weekly Status Report

20 December 2002




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                UARS WEEKLY STATUS REPORT - 20 Dec 2002

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SOLSTICE
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This week, SOLSTICE was powered only during daylight for two days to
support the yaw maneuver. Otherwise, solar data were collected on all
available orbital tracking periods.

Happy Winter SOLSTICE from the SOLSTICE team!

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SUSIM
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Nothing received.

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ACRIM
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Nothing received.

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PEM
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                  *****  Happy Holidays from PEM  *****

     The PEM web site has moved.  It has a new URL.  Access the PEM web site
using http://wwwpem.space.swri.edu.  The PEM data from the GUVI conjunction
periods has moved to  http://wwwpem.space.swri.edu/guvi-pem.html.  It was
discovered that this web site was not updated properly with the latest PEM
data plots.  SwRI has fixed this problem.

     Level 2 PEM HEPSA data files are being reprocessed for submission to the 
DAAC.  This data has been designated as version 2; however, there is no format
difference from the version 1 data format.  Version 2 HEPSA data is being 
generated because it was discovered that there exists processing errors within
some of the HEPSA version 1 data files.  Thus, if you are using any HEPSA
version 1 data files from the DAAC, please replace them with the version 2
data files.  Currently, HEPSA data between 1991274 and 1994039 has been 
reprocessed.  HEPSA data reprocessing continues but has been slowed 
temporarily due to the Holidays.  PEM HEPSA data from 1994040 through
1994159 is waiting for DAAC archive.

     PEM continues to work with the GUVI team on the diagnosis of data from
the first conjunction period.  Analysis of the two conjunction passes showed
that the aurora as detected by GUVI was at higher latitude than UARS.  
GUVI images from other times from the first conjunction period show spatial
regions that both GUVI and PEM sampled when aurora was present.  Separation
is several minutes to 10's of minutes when both instruments saw aurora. 
PEM has seen no aurora during the second conjunction period.  Due to a 
spacecraft anomaly, no PEM data was collected during the third conjunction 
period.

     PEM continues to receive NMC data files from NOAA.  No problems have
been encountered.  NOAA has changed the binary structure of the NMC data and
PEM is now receiving two data streams, one in the original VAX format and the
other from their new binary format.



*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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The MPG continues to serve as the point-of-contact for UARS
instrument operations in support of Educational Outreach and
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 December 2002 (Orbit 61465, GMT Day 341) through
13 December 2002 (Orbit 61571, GMT Day 347).


                         SPACECRAFT OPERATION

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


                    INSTRUMENT OPERATIONAL CHANGES

       Instrument    Time          Orbit     Comment
       PEM           345/2145      61539     POWER OFF AXIS-1
       PEM           347/2257      61570     POWER OFF


The  beta  angle  ranged between the angles of 32.3  degrees  to  16.5
degrees  for  this  report period.  The beta angle is  now  decreasing
towards a minimum angle of 0 degrees on 18 December 2002 (DOY 352).

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 1.27 to 1.29 degrees C.  Additional
battery  performance  data for each battery  on  06  December  and  13
December 2002 are provided in Appendix D.

The  clock  error  ranged from -10.0 to -3.9 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
    PEM       =    02


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

    FOT  =    01

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


                        GROUND SYSTEM OPERATION

One  (1)  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


The FOT began testing the OBC image from the OBC crash with the
simulator this week.  Problems with the UTTS simulator caused a one
day setback in testing.  The converted load files were all accepted by
the simulator.  The FOT then successfully started the OBC.  Before
starting the OBC the FOT did a precursory check of all the residual
OBC values.  Nothing out of the ordinary was seen.

The OBC was then initialized.  All processors were turned on and
initialized with no problems.  The attitude began to settle in with
the Earth Sensor enabled.  The FOT plans on doing some more detailed
testing, but initial signs indicate nothing out of the ordinary that
might have caused the OBC to crash.


                               MEETINGS


The  FOT attended a TDRS Naming Convention Meeting to discuss how  the
new  TDRS  naming  convention would be handled with  our  current  CMS
version.

The  FOT  also  attended a SOI Planning meeting  to  discuss  possible
changes to the curriculum for the upcoming spring semester.


                       FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS


The  next  UARS Yaw slew is scheduled for 18 December 2002 (DOY  352).
This  maneuver will be a Forward to Reverse Flight maneuver  (Northern
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 December 2002


ORBIT   AOS        NO.      SUBSYS      REASON
-----   ---        ---      ------      ------
61539   345/2145   02-485   PEM         POWER OFF AXIS-1
61569   347/2114   02-487   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 0.0 TO -20.6 MSEC/DAY
61570   347/2257   02-488   PEM         POWER OFF



                              APPENDIX B
                 OUT-OF-LIMITS & ALERTS OCCURRENCES
                     Week ending 13 December 2002

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 December 2002

                     CLOCK DRIFT RATE ADJUSTMENTS

ORBIT          TIME                   CLOCK RATE CHANGE
-----          -----                  -----------------
61569          347/0128               CLK ADJ FR 0.0 TO -20.6 MSEC/DAY



                              APPENDIX D
                     UARS BATTERY PERFORMANCE DATA
                     Week ending 13 December 2002

     06 December 2002 - GMT Day 340 Beta = 33.5 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  -156.8/-179.2 -3.05/-4.31  +00.0/+00.0  08.3     0.000     0.0
2   +11.2/-33.6  +5.79/+4.51  +27.2/-14.4  25.1     1.040    21.2
3   +22.4/-44.8  +5.15/+3.87  +26.4/-13.6  25.1     1.030    20.7


     13 December 2002 - GMT Day 347 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  -156.8/-179.2 -3.05/-4.31  +00.0/+00.0  08.3     0.000     0.0
2   +44.8/-22.4  +6.43/+5.14  +29.6/-14.8  24.2     1.030    22.0
3   +22.4/-50.4  +5.14/+3.87  +28.8/-15.2  24.2     1.020    21.7


     V/T LEVEL CHANGES
ORB#           AOS TIME   LVL FR-TO
-----          --------   ---------
-None this report period.

     
                              APPENDIX E
                         UARS ANOMALY REPORTS
                     Week ending 13 December 2002

                     NEW ANOMALY REPORTS GENERATED
AR NO.    SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS       PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------    -----     ----      ---       -----------------
02-061    FOT       61512     344/0124  31907     33 Second Data Dropout

                 ANOMALY CLOSURE INFORMATION RECEIVED
AR NO.    SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS       PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
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-None this report period.

                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
------    ------    -----     ----      ---       -----------------
02-058    FOT       61113     317/1341  N/A       NEG ACQ / UFLTR ERROR
02-060    FOT       61421     338/0057  N/A       PSU Cmd Clock Timeout
02-061    FOT       61512     344/0124  31907     33 Second Data Dropout