UARS Weekly Status Report

25 March 2005




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                UARS WEEKLY STATUS REPORT - 25 MAR 2005

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SOLSTICE
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SOLSTICE began day only operations on March 21 in support of the yaw 
maneuver. Otherwise, the instrument continues to perform exceptionally, 
taking solar data on all available orbital tracking periods. An average 
of 45% of data were returned this week accounting for 267 minutes of 
solar observing time.

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SUSIM
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SUSIM was turned off after measurements on March 20.  Earlier, SUSIM
had successfully gathered daily mid (1.1 nm) resolution, MgII,
occultation, solar pointing offset, and continuous monitoring scans
for time periods with UARS telemetry or tape recording.

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PEM
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Nothing received.

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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 12 March 2005 (Orbit 73887, GMT Day 071) through 
18 March 2005 (Orbit 73993, GMT Day 077).


                         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         073/1348      73926     POWER OFF
       HRDI          076/1415      73972     POWER ON - DAY ONLY


The beta angle ranged between the angles of 35.6 degrees to 14.4
degrees for this report period.  The beta angle is now decreasing
towards a minimum angle of 3.0 degrees on 21 March 2005 (DOY 080).

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 3.65 to 2.24 degrees C.  Additional
battery performance data for each battery on 11 March 2005 and 18
March 2005 are provided in Appendix D.

The clock error ranged from 11.5 to -10.0 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         =    02

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

    FOT       =    05
    HALOE     =    01
    SUSIM     =    01
    HRDI      =    01


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

    FOT       =    08

Five (5) Anomaly Reports remained OPEN at the end of this report period
(see Appendix E).


                        GROUND SYSTEM OPERATION

Six (6) 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 week the FOT continued to monitor the batteries closely.  Early
on 14 March 2005 the max temperature of battery 2 climbed to 12.64 C
and the temperature delta between batteries 2 and 3 reached 5.44 C.
Due to these high values the FOT powered of the HALOE instrument and
commanded VT-6.  In the reduced VT level both the battery 2 temp and
temperature delta came down within a few orbits.  This charge level
was maintained until late 17 March 2005 when the battery 3
differential voltage dropped to -324 mV.  VT-7 was then commanded to
correct this problem.  The MPS continued to utilize the VT-7 charge
rate for the remainder of the week.

The FOT has completed their spacecraft tests with loads built on the
new CMS software.  All tests results were positive and the official
release will be installed on the prime CMS on 21 March 2005.  When the
install is complete, UARS will have the capability to properly
schedule SMA events.  UARS will begin using this functionality
beginning 28 March 2005.  A decision from the UARS project scientist
is needed to determine the frequency of its use given the current
battery issues.



                               MEETINGS


The FOT attended the biweekly UARS clock rollover meeting on 01 March
2005 to the timeline of activities and current action items to
complete this task.



                       FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

The next UARS Yaw slew is scheduled for 21 March 2005 (DOY 080).  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 18 March 2005

ORBIT   AOS        NO.      SUBSYS      REASON
-----   ---        ---      ------      ------
73893   071/0852   05-067   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO 0.0 MSEC/DAY
73926   073/1348   05-068   HALOE       POWER OFF / CHANGE VT TO L6
73930   073/2043   05-069   PMON        PMON 31 CLEAR/ACTION 21 ENABLE
73942   074/1534   05-070   SUSIM       SUSIM COMMANDS
73968   076/0755   05-071   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 0.0 TO -20.6 MSEC/DAY
73972   076/1415   05-072   HRDI        POWER ON - DAY ONLY
73978   077/0108   05-073   MPS         VT LEVEL 7
73986   077/1353   05-074   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR -20.6 TO 0.0 MSEC/DAY



                              APPENDIX B
                  OUT-OF-LIMITS & ALERTS OCCURRENCES
                       Week ending 18 March 2005

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
--------     -----------                          ------
OBSPMGPOOL31 PMON GROUP 31 OOL                    73897
OBSPMACOOL21 PMON ACTION 21 OOL                   73897


                              APPENDIX C
                 CLOCK & SOLAR ARRAY RATE CORRECTIONS
                       Week ending 18 March 2005

                     CLOCK DRIFT RATE ADJUSTMENTS

ORBIT          TIME                   CLOCK RATE CHANGE
-----          -----                  -----------------
73893          071/0852               CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO 0.0 MSEC/DAY
73968          076/0755               CLK ADJ FR 0.0 TO -20.6 MSEC/DAY
73986          077/1353               CLK ADJ FR -20.6 TO 0.0 MSEC/DAY

                              APPENDIX D
                     UARS BATTERY PERFORMANCE DATA
                       Week ending 18 March 2005

     11 March 2005 - GMT Day 070 Beta = 43.6 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  -1.80/-2.74   +00.0/+00.0  07.0     0.00      0.0
2    218.4/  78.4 +11.76/+10.40  +26.8/-15.2  26.7     1.10     19.7
3    -33.6/-134.4  +7.41/ +6.43  +24.0/-13.2  26.7     1.06     18.2

     18 March 2005 - GMT Day 077 Beta = 14.4 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  -2.42/-4.31   +00.0/+00.0  07.0     0.00      0.0
2    336.0/  84.0 +10.74/+7.09   +24.0/-12.8  27.0     1.10     18.6
3    -33.6/-140.0  +6.11/+3.87   +21.6/-11.2  27.0     1.07     16.9

     V/T LEVEL CHANGES
ORB#           AOS TIME   LVL FR-TO
-----          --------   ---------
73926          073/1348   LV7 -> LV6
73978          077/0108   LV6 -> LV7


                              APPENDIX E
                         UARS ANOMALY REPORTS
                       Week ending 18 March 2005

                     NEW ANOMALY REPORTS GENERATED
AR NO.    SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS       PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------    -----     ----      ---       -----------------
05-012    FOT       73894     071/1105  30832     Generic Late Acquisition
05-015    MPS       73895     071/1606  N/A       PMON grp 31/PMON act 21
trip
05-012    FOT       73924     073/0945  30832     Generic Late Acquisition
05-016    FOT       73926     073/1348  N/A       Data dropout; bad
weather@Guam
05-017    FOT       73926     073/1423  38922     Data dropout; IP-NOC
linework
05-018    FOT       73930     073/2043  N/A       PMON grp 31/PMON act 22
trip
05-012    FOT       73976     076/2108  30832     Generic Late Acquisition
05-012    FOT       73989     077/1805  30832     Generic Late Acquisition

                 ANOMALY CLOSURE INFORMATION RECEIVED
AR NO.    SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS       PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------    -----     ----      ---       -----------------
05-013    FOT       73876     070/0549  38897     Drop Out on the Return
Link
05-014    FOT       73881     070/1351  30824     Data Dropout

                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
------    ------    -----     ----      ---       -----------------
05-012    FOT       See List  Mar 05    30832     Generic Late Acquisition
05-015    MPS       73895     071/1606  N/A       PMON grp 31/PMON act 21
trip
05-016    FOT       73926     073/1348  N/A       Data dropout; bad
weather@Guam
05-017    FOT       73926     073/1423  38922     Data dropout; IP-NOC
linework
05-018    FOT       73930     073/2043  N/A       PMON grp 31/PMON act 22
trip