UARS Weekly Status Report

13 February 1998





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                UARS WEEKLY STATUS REPORT - 13 February 1998

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SOLSTICE
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SOLSTICE continues to operate 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 successfully gathered its normal solar, offset, and occultation
scan data during this past week without apparent problems.

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PEM
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     PEM is currently off.

     PEM is awaiting evaluation by GSFC of its proposed activation procedure.
The minimal configuration for PEM AUX activation is the zenith VMAG, MEPS1, 
MEPS2, and HEPS1 units, only.  This configuration is driven by the capabilities 
of the spacecraft OBC and may increase if OBC program area increases.  PEM 
activation is proposed to be OBC driven when there exists plenty of power to 
operate PEM.  It is anticipated that the OBC will activate PEM on the daylight 
portions of every orbit.

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HALOE 
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HALOE has been off during the present graze period.   HALOE is scheduled to
turn on midday February 12, 1998.

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MLS
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MLS was reactivated successfully on Jan 30, in the reduced 85 watt power
mode. MLS instrument operations have continued flawlessly.  MLS was powered
off at 043:12:27 UT.  MLS is scheduled to resume north viewing operations
starting Feb 20.

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HRDI
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HRDI is currently on and operating normally.

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WINDII
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The WINDII Team is currently assessing the results of the production
runs with the Version 5 software. 

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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.

Testing and configuration of the DEC ALPHA workstation, which will
replace the VAX-4000 system, is in progress.

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CDHF
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The CDHF has received a total of 368 CD-ROM requests as of 13-February-1998.
There was one order received and one order shipped.

The CDHF previewed current day DAAC data for HALOE, HRDI, PEM, NMC, AND UKMO
for the month of December 1997.
    
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.           
                  25 days PEM (3.32) PROD (1379R-904C=475L)
                 119 days MLS (4.90) PROD (1344R-442C-3F=902L)
                  0 day CLAES (7.0) ENG   (17R-1F=17L)
                  1 day MLS (4.22) PROD   (1R-1C=0L) 
              
CDHF pending software upgrades: IDL 5.0, OpenIngres, UCSS. 
                  
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FOT
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REPORTING PERIOD

This report covers 31 January 1998 (Orbit 34911, GMT Day 031) through 06 
February 1998 (Orbit 35016, GMT Day 037).


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       032/2330     34941     AXIS off
     PEM       033/2231     34955     ZEPS off
    WINDII     034/0009     34956     On
    WINDII     034/0808     34961     Off
    WINDII     034/1324     34964     On

The beta angle reached a maximum angle of 72.6 degrees on 05 February 1998 
(DOY 036).  The beta angle is now decreasing toward a minimum angle of 0.0 
degrees on 25 February 1998 (DOY 056).

Six SOLSTICE offsets requested by SUSIM operations were performed this 
week.  One offset took place each day, beginning with GMT Day 031 and 
ending with GMT Day 036.

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 26.6 V end-of-night (EON) load bus 
voltage.  Battery temperatures are stable with a temperature delta between 
Battery 2 and Battery 3 of 1.3 degrees C.  Additional battery performance 
data for each battery on 31 January 1998 and 06 February 1998 are provided 
in Appendix D.

The clock error ranged from -9.2 to +10.7 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.

%     ALERTS            =     02
%     OUT-OF-LIMITS     =     03

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

%     FOT     03
%     PEM     02
%     WINDII  03


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

%     FOT     06

TRANSPONDER FREQUENCIES:
     Transponder A:  98/033  -  2287.496961
     Transponder B:  98/035  -  2287.499050


GROUND SYSTEM OPERATION

Three (3) operational support problem(s) 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 98/036 show the observatory data loss to be 
20 hours, 41 minutes, 51.540 seconds (an increase of 3.2926 seconds since 
last reported).  This is a 0.0371 percent data loss which equals a 99.9629 
percent data capture for the mission.

The increase of 3.296 seconds occurred over a three-day period as follows:

7 00.960 seconds on Day 030 due to hits in the data,
7 01.792 seconds on Day 034 due to hits in the data, and
7 00.544 seconds on Day 036 due to hits in the data.

No testing of the new CMS software release (R7B1V2) occurred this week.

FOT continued testing IP return-link telemetry this week.  Similar to last 
week, the FOT utilized a RparallelS AP configuration to monitor the IP 
data, which comes into MSOCC on the MS440 (I-channel) and MS442 (Q-channel) 
lines.  Thus far, the FOT has verified successful I-channel telemetry, but 
still has been unable to obtain Q-channel OBC dump data.  MSOCC engineering 
is aware of the Q-channel problem and is working with NASCOM to rectify 
this situation.

Operational processing of level-0 telemetry analysis files continues in 
parallel on both the UMPGAL (new MPG Alpha machine) and CDHF computer 
systems.  No level-0 file transfer failures (between CDHF and UMPGAL) 
occurred this week.

SUSIM operations has submitted a request for additional SOLSTICE offsets to 
occur on GMT Days 038-043.



OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

Work on the upgrade of the OBC Power Monitor (PMON) software continued. The 
coding is nearly complete.

Monitoring of the magnetic field model performance continues.

FOT continues to improve a Power Profile for UARS based on the current 
status of the Modular Power System.

FOT continues to support the new UARS ground system re-engineering effort.


MEETINGS

FOT attended the MDM/IP Transition Testing Status meeting on 02 February 
1998.  The purpose of the meeting was to provide the test directors with 
feedback on how the individual POCC IP testing has been going.  It appears 
that most POCCs are unable to get consistently error-free telemetry using 
the IP data stream.  Only one POCC has attempted commanding using the IP 
system.  The projected deadline for complete transition to the IP network 
is scheduled for mid-April 1998, but it appears that this deadline will 
most likely slip to a later date.

FOT met with the MSOCC AP Software programmer (E.Z. Block) on 06 February 
1998 for further discussions on adjusting the ground system software to 
handle reduced-sized ATC load comparisons.  FOT provided additional 
information about the process including ATC maps of the regular-sized and 
reduced-sized loads.

No UARS Battery telecon was held this week.  The next telecon has not been 
scheduled.


FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

The next UARS Yaw Around Maneuver is currently scheduled for 25 February 
1998.

UARS Flight Operations plans to attend the Program Experience portion of 
the Space Power Workshop at JPL in April 1998.  UARS FOT plans on 
presenting an overview of the UARS batteries and their performance.

The UARS orbit altitude is dropping slowly and a drag makeup orbit adjust 
will probably be required in 1999.


FACILITIES

no change


PERSONNEL CHANGES

Joe Castiglione transferred to UARS from the GGS Control Center on 02 
February 1998 to fill an Operations Support Engineer position.

Mike Kokkalakis, Off-Line Engineer, submitted his resignation effective 20 
February 1998.  Mike accepted a position as Attitude Determination and 
Control Engineer with World Space Corporation.


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 06 February 1998

ORBIT       AOS        NO.     SUBSYS           REASON
-----       ---        ---     ------           -------  
34929     032/0529   98-038     TMON      Cleared TMONs
34941     032/2330   98-039     PEM       Power OFF AXIS
34942     033/0147   98-040     OBC       Clk Adj fr 20.6 to 41.2 
34955     033/2231   98-041     PEM       PEM ZEPS Powered Off
34956     034/0009   98-042    WINDII     Power ON
34961     034/0808   98-043    WINDII     Power OFF
34964     034/1324   98-044    WINDII     Power ON
35004     037/0555   98-045    OBC/CLK    Clk Adj fr 41.2 to 20.6


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                               APPENDIX B
                  OUT-OF-LIMITS & ALERTS OCCURRENCES
                      Week ending 06 February 1998

MNEMONIC     STATE         DESCRIPTION               ORBITS
---------    -----         ------------              ------
ACHTRV2       Y-LO   ACRIM Heater Voltage 2        34935-41
ACHTRV2       R-LO   ACRIM Heater Voltage 2        34943-35016
QTZEPSIF2     Y-LO   ZEPS Interface Temperature 2  34948-50

The following ALERT occurrences were detected:

MNEMONIC                   DESCRIPTION               ORBITS
---------                  ------------              ------
WIFWPOSN     WINDII Filter Wheel Position          34958-62
WISRCBBS     WINDII Broadband Source Operating     34963
          



                               APPENDIX C
                 CLOCK & SOLAR ARRAY RATE CORRECTIONS
                      Week ending 06 February 1998

                      CLOCK DRIFT RATE ADJUSTMENTS

     ORBIT              TIME                 CLOCK RATE CHANGE
     -----              ----                 -----------------
     34942     033/01:52 (02 Feb 98)     from 20.6 to 41.2 msec/day
     35004     037/06:00 (06 Feb 98)     from 41.2 to 20.6 msec/day


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                               APPENDIX D
                    UARS BATTERY PERFORMANCE DATA
                      Week ending 06 February 1998

     31 Jan 1998 - GMT Day 031 Beta = 60.2 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  +728.0/+728.0   -3.68/-4.94   +0.0/ +0.0   18.6     0.000    0.0
2    +0.0/ -78.4   +5.15/+3.55  +25.2/-15.2   26.4     1.027   20.5
3  +56.0/ -11.2    +3.68/+2.29  +24.0/-15.2   26.2     1.032   19.5

     06 Feb 1998 - GMT Day 037 Beta = 72.5 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   +728.0/+728.0  -3.05/-4.31  +0.0/ +0.0    18.6    0.000     0.0
2    +22.4/ -11.2  +3.87/+2.29  +19.2/-16.4   26.6    1.038    17.0
3    +33.6/ -22.4  +2.60/+1.34  +18.8/-16.0   26.6    1.034    16.3


    V/T LEVEL CHANGES
ORB#     TIME          LVL FR-TO
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      (no change)


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                               APPENDIX E
                         UARS ANOMALY REPORTS
                      Week ending 06 February 1998

  AR NO.   SUBSYS   ORBIT      TIME      TTR      PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
  ------   ------   -----      ----      ---      -----------------
98-001     FOT     34924    031/2141   14170  Generic Late Acquisition
98-005     FOT     34942    033/0147    N/A   TAC Crashed
98-006     FOT     34962    034/0949    N/A   TAC Crashed
98-007     FOT     34972    035/0156    N/A   TAC Crashed
98-008     FOT     34988    036/0327   14170  Generic Late Acquisition
98-008     FOT     34992    036/0958   14170  Generic Late Acquisition


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



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