UARS Weekly Status Report

26 July 2002




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                UARS WEEKLY STATUS REPORT - 26 JUL 2002

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SOLSTICE
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This week, SOLSTICE continues to operate in good health. We gather solar 
data on all available orbital tracking periods.

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SUSIM
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SUSIM has successfully performed its daily mid-resolution and MgII
solar scans during periods of predicted UARS telemetry.

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ACRIM
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Nothing received.

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PEM
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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 during this conjunction period show spatial
regions that both GUVI and PEM sampled when aurora was present.  Separation
is several minutes to 10's of minutes.

PEM data from the second GUVI-PEM conjunction is now being processed.

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 to support re-engineering of the UARS
Mission Operations Concept to develop capabilities for the
Science Traceability Mission.

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 13 July 2002 (Orbit 59257, GMT Day 194) through  19
July 2002 (Orbit 59361, GMT Day 200).


                         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
       HRDI          196/1805      59298     POWER ON
       WINDII        198/1302      59325     POWER ON


The  beta  angle  ranged between the angles of 79.2  degrees  to  58.1
degrees  for  this  report period.  The beta angle is  now  decreasing
towards a minimum angle of 0 degrees on 02 August 2002 (DOY 214).

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 0.95 to 1.27 degrees C.  Additional
battery performance data for each battery on 12 July and 19 July  2002
are provided in Appendix D.

The  clock  error  ranged from -11.4 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.

    OUT-OF-LIMITS  =    02
    ALERTS         =    00

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

    FOT       =    05
    HRDI      =    01
    WINDII    =    01



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

    FOT  =    04

Two  (2) Anomaly Report 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

The FOT is currently testing a patch to the Eclipse software, which
should resolve some issues with UARS event mnemonics.  This in turn
should reduce the number of false alarm messages being received on the
realtime system.  The Raytheon development team is also investigating
a telemetry discrepancy seen on the status buffer display last week.

                               MEETINGS

-None this report period

                       FUTURE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS


The  next  UARS  Yaw slew is scheduled for 02 August 2002  (DOY  214).
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 19 July 2002

ORBIT   AOS        NO.      SUBSYS      REASON
-----   ---        ---      ------      ------
59261   194/0750   02-247   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO 41.2 MSEC/DAY
59292   196/0930   02-248   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 41.2 TO 20.6 MSEC/DAY
59298   196/1805   02-249   HRDI        POWER ON
59325   198/1302   02-250   WINDII      POWER ON
59326   198/1524   02-251   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO 41.2 MSEC/DAY
59343   199/1843   02-252   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 41.2 TO 20.6 MSEC/DAY
59347   199/2352   02-253   OBC/CLK     CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO 0.0  MSEC/DAY

                                   
                                   
                              APPENDIX B
                  OUT-OF-LIMITS & ALERTS OCCURRENCES
                       Week ending 19 July 2002

The following Out-Of-Limits occurrences were detected:

MNEMONIC       STATE   DESCRIPTION                ORBITS
--------       -----   -----------                ------
HRPTSBARTEMP   R-HI    HRDI Barrel Temp           59256
HRPTSBARTEMP   R-HI    HRDI Barrel Temp           59271-286


The following ALERT occurrences were detected:

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

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                              APPENDIX C
                 CLOCK & SOLAR ARRAY RATE CORRECTIONS
                       Week ending 12 July 2002

                     CLOCK DRIFT RATE ADJUSTMENTS

ORBIT          TIME                   CLOCK RATE CHANGE
-----          -----                  -----------------
59261          194/0753               CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO 41.2 MSEC/DAY
59292          196/0933               CLK ADJ FR 41.2 TO 20.6 MSEC/DAY
59326          198/1530               CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO 41.2 MSEC/DAY
59343          199/1847               CLK ADJ FR 41.2 TO 20.6 MSEC/DAY
59347          200/0002               CLK ADJ FR 20.6 TO  0.0 MSEC/DAY

                              APPENDIX D
                     UARS BATTERY PERFORMANCE DATA
                       Week ending 19 July 2002

     12 June 2002 - GMT Day 193 Beta = 78.1 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   -69.6/-78.4 -2.11/-2.77  +00.0/+00.0   8.5     0.000     0.0
2   +11.2/-67.2 +1.97/+1.34  +11.4/-13.5  24.8     1.029    10.7
3   +22.4/-22.4 +1.66/+0.71  +11.0/-13.5  24.6     1.020    10.6


     19 June 2002 - GMT Day 200 Beta = 58.1 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  -157.0/-123.7 -3.30/-4.52  +00.0/+00.0  08.4     0.000     0.0
2  + 11.2/- 67.2 +3.87/+2.60  +20.8/-13.5  25.8     1.030    17.7
3  + 22.4/- 33.6 +2.92/+1.97  +20.3/-13.4  25.6     1.020    17.3


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


                              APPENDIX E
                         UARS ANOMALY REPORTS
                       Week ending 12 July 2002


                     NEW ANOMALY REPORTS GENERATED
AR NO.    SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS       PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------    -----     ----      ---       -----------------
02-041    FOT       59279     195/1156  N/A       TMON 01 tripped
02-039    FOT       59284     195/2029  14170     Generic Late Acquisition
02-039    FOT       59324     198/1152  30832     Generic Late Acquisition
02-039    FOT       59330     198/2204  30832     Generic Late Acquisition


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


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

                         OPEN ANOMALY REPORTS
AR NO.    SUBSYS    ORBIT     TIME      CDS       PROBLEM/DATA LOSS
------    ------    -----     ----      ---       -----------------
02-039    FOT       See List  July      30832     Generic Late Acquisition
02-041    FOT       59279     195/1156  N/A       TMON 01 tripped