Mission Operations Days: 2001/251 to 2001/257
September 08, 2001 00:00:00 GMT to September 14, 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Terra Spacecraft and MODIS Instrument Status:
| Terra (AM-1) is in Normal Ops Mode MODIS is in Science Mode - A Side |
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|---|---|---|
| Component | State(s) | Comment |
| Blackbody | A On (290 K); B Off | Nominal |
| Calibration Electronics | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| Control Processor | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| Nadir Door | Unlatched, Open | Nominal |
| Space View Door | Unlatched, Open | Nominal |
| Solar Diffuser Door | Unlatched, Closed | Nominal |
| FDDI Formatter | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| FDDI Port | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| FIFO Memory | #1 & #2 On; #3 & #4 Off | Nominal |
| Format Processor | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| Power Supplies | #1 On; #2 Off | Nominal |
| PV VIS FPA | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| PV NIR FPA | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| PV SMIR FPA | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| PV LWIR FPA | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| PC LWIR FPA | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| RC Outgas Heaters | All Off (CS, IS, OS) | Nominal |
| RC LWIR FPA Heater | On (83 K) | Nominal |
| RC SMIR FPA Heater | Off | Nominal |
| Scan Assembly | A On; B Off | Nominal |
| SDSM | A Off; B Off | Nominal |
| SRCA | A Off; B Off | Nominal |
| PS1 Survival Heater | Enabled | Nominal |
| PS2 Survival Heater | Enabled | Nominal |
| Timing Generator | A Off; B On | Nominal |
| Flight Software | Rev BD + 2 set of patches
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Nominal |
| Inhibit Ids Set | None | Nominal |
| TMON 66 (SRCA A) | Disabled | Nominal |
| TMON 67 (SRCA B) | Disabled | Nominal |
| TMON 68 (FIFO) | Enabled | Nominal |
| TMON 69 (EPS Current) | Disabled | Nominal |
This Week's Completed MODIS Activities:
Sunday, September 9, 2001
None
Monday, September 10, 2001
2001/253 18:18:46 RT Dump the Formatter (FR) Error Address Buffer MOD_MEM_DUMP(6, 16, 45312, 0, 1, 1)
2001/253 18:19:42 RT Dump the FR Error Address Count Buffer MOD_MEM_DUMP(6, 16, 45568, 0, 1, 1)
2001/253 18:19:57 RT Enable the yellow limits on the FR Unique Address Error Counter. Current count of unique address: 6. MOD_ALARMS_CP_ST_06(‘ENABLE’)
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
None
Wednesday, September 12, 2001
2001/255 20:34:07-20:45:35 ATC - OA15: SD/SDSM Open
2001/255 21:25:33-21:59:06 ATC - OA19: SRCA Full Radiometric
2001/255 22:13:00-22:24:28 ATC - OA16: SD/SDSM Screen
Thursday, September 13, 2001
2001/256 17:12:11-18:09:42 ATC - OA23: SRCA Full Spatial
2001/256 20:36:33 RT Dump the Formatter (FR) Error Address Buffer MOD_MEM_DUMP(6, 16, 45312, 0, 1, 1)
2001/256 20:37:17 RT Dump the FR Error Address Count Buffer MOD_MEM_DUMP(6, 16, 45568, 0, 1, 1)
2001/256 20:37:33 RT Enable the yellow limits on the FR Unique Address Error Counter. Current count of unique address: 7. MOD_ALARMS_CP_ST_06(‘ENABLE’)
Friday, September 14, 2001
None
This Week's Scheduled MODIS Activities Not Completed:
None
Upcoming MODIS Events:
Friday, September 14, 2001
None
Saturday, September 15, 2001
None
Sunday, September 16, 2001
None
Monday, September 17, 2001
None
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
None
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
SD/SDSM calibrations
Thursday, September 20, 2001
None
Friday, September 21, 2001
None
Maneuvers:
The next Lunar Calibration roll maneuver is scheduled for day 2001/280 (October 7, 2001) with data collection from 07:10:54 to 07:17:24. The roll angle will be -11.3321 degrees.
MODIS Anomalies:
Formatter Error Events:
Since clearing the FR Error counters on DOY 247, the 7 new counts of FR Events as of 2001/256-20:37:23 are:
| Error Address (HEX) | Number of Occurrences (DECIMAL) |
|---|---|
| 25cb | 18,314 |
| 3861 | 2,725 |
| 39ac | 33 |
| 17d6 | 10 |
| 2d6c | 2 |
| 25c9 | 2 |
| 17d0 | 3 |
The FR error counter (MOD_SS_CP_STATUS_08) has “rolled over” 3 times since the A-Side restart following the PS-2 Anomaly. This is a 16-bit signed counter, therefore it “rolls over” every 32,768 counts. At present (2001/258-00:19:12), the counter is 8,354, which means that 106,658 errors have been seen since the A-Side restart.
A cyclic, increasing rate of Formatter errors has been detected. The increase in Formatter error rates occur at the same times we see decreases in the MOD_TP_FR_A_ENGINE, MOD_TP_ME_NX_HTSINK, and MOD_TP_ME_CHAS_TOP temperatures. The current trend of these mnemonics is a gradual decrease in temperature.
During the recent SRCA activities, the rate of FR errors was significantly reduced. At the same time, the average temperatures of the three telemetry points listed above each rose approximately 1 degree C.
MS Excel spreadsheets are available for download from:
ftp://www.mcst.ssai.biz/pub/permanent/IOT/am1/analysis/FR_events/
These files contains the times for each FR error count as well as the three temperatures (from day 240 on) mentioned above. This file will be periodically updated with the most recent telemetry sets available. In this file, you can see a graph of this cyclic, increasing error rate. If you have any special requests, please let us know.
The current sustained maximum of the FR error rate is around 400 errors per hour with shorter bursts that reach up to 600+ errors per hour. The minimum rate of FR errors is around 100 per hour. However, during the recent SRCA activities, the max and min rate for FR errors per hour dropped to about 60 and 30 respectively. As of yet, no problems with the science data have been reported. If the error rate continues to increase, there is the possibility of brief interruptions in science data as the FR attempts to deal with the large amount of errors. At present we have no indication to what this threshold level for science data loss may be.
We are still in a "wait and see" mode right now. However, everyone should be encouraged to consider options (i.e. B-side) before we have no choices left.
General Instrument Comments:
MODIS is in Science Mode on the A-side with the SVD and NAD open, operating with the Formatter Resolution Flight Software Patches (FRFSP).
Note: SD/SDSM calibrations were planned to be reduced to once per two weeks. This plan has been revised; SD/SDSM calibrations will continue to be scheduled once each week until the end of November.
MODIS Telemetry Trends:
Trending has resumed with the instrument on the A-side. With the currently decreasing beta angle, the amount of focal plane heater margin is increasing. The intermediate stage cooler temperature is stable.
The increase in formatter error events is also being trended (as described above) to aid in any future operational decisions necessary to maintain the health of the instrument and its science data.
Non-MODIS Significant Events:
None
Limited Life Item Status:
SRCA 10W Lamp #1: 189.7 of 500 hours
SRCA 10W Lamp #2: 145.3 of 500 hours
SRCA 10W Lamp #3: 154.5 of 500 hours
SRCA 10W Lamp #4: 61.5 of 500 hours
SRCA 1W Lamp #1: 558.2 of 4000 hours
SRCA 1W Lamp #2: 276.3 of 4000 hours
Solar Diffuser Door: 1703 of 3022 Movements
Nadir Aperture Door: 532 of 1316 Movements
Space View Door: 437 of 1316 Movements