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Mission Operations Days: 2003/263 to 2003/269
September 20, 2003 00:00:00 GMT to September 26, 2003 00:00:00 GMT


Terra Spacecraft and MODIS Instrument Status:

AM-1 "Terra" is in Normal Mode
PFM MODIS is in A-Side Nominal Science Mode
(Cross Strapped with FR B)
Component State(s) Comment
Blackbody A On (290K); B Off Nominal Science Mode
Calibration Electronics A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
Control Processor A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
Nadir Door Unlatched, Open Nominal Science Mode
Space View Door Unlatched, Open Nominal Science Mode
Solar Diffuser Door Unlatched, Screened Permanent Configuration
FDDI Formatter A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
FDDI Port A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
FIFO Memory #1 & #2 On; #3 & #4 Off Nominal Science Mode
Format Processor A Off; B On Nominal Science Mode
Power Supplies #1 On, #2 Off Nominal Science Mode
PV VIS FPA A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
PV NIR FPA A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
PV SMIR FPA A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
PV LWIR FPA A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
PC LWIR FPA A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
RC Outgas Heaters All 3 (CS, IS, OS) Off Nominal Science Mode
RC LWIR FPA Heater On (83K) Nominal Science Mode
RC SMIR FPA Heater Off Nominal Science Mode
Scan Assembly A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
SDSM Off Nominal Science Mode
SRCA Off Nominal Science Mode
PS1 Survival Heater Enabled Nominal Science Mode
PS2 Survival Heater Enabled Nominal Science Mode
Timing Generator A On; B Off Nominal Science Mode
Flight Software Rev BD + 11 sets of patches
  • CP07 to Survival Mode - No SDD to closed command (1 patch)
  • CP07 to Safe Mode - No FR OFF Command (1 patch)
  • CP07 to Safe Mode - No SDD to closed command (1 patch)
  • CP07 to Science Mode - Turn on FRB instead of FRA (1 patch)
  • CP07 to Outgas and Science Mode - Turn on FRB instead of FRA (1 patch)
  • FR Error Counting and Statistics (2 patches)
  • FR 1000ms time code patches (3 patches)
  • FR Band 5 Gain Change (20 commands)
  • FR BB Ideal Output Values (1 patch)
  • FR A EEPROM KME Fast 1 word patch (1 patch)
  • FR B EEPROM KME Fast 1 word patch (1 patch)
Nominal Science Mode
Inhibit Ids Set none Nominal Science Mode
TMON 66 Disabled Nominal Science Mode
TMON 67 Disabled Nominal Science Mode
TMON 68 Enabled Nominal Science Mode
TMON 69 Disabled Nominal Science Mode

This Week’s Completed MODIS Activities:

Saturday, September 20, 2003

None

Sunday, September 21, 2003

None

Monday, September 22, 2003

None

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

2003/266 20:49:56 - 20:58:44 ATC MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCRN_NO_DOOR_A.4 OA16: SD/SDSM screened side A, no door movement
2003/266 21:30:00 ATC MOD_SRCA_NOMINAL_SETUP.4 Sets up nominal SRCA lamp configuration
2003/266 21:39:09 - 22:12:12 ATC MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD_A.4 OA19: SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration Data collection from 21:55:03-22:12:11

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

2003/267 23:12:00 Terra SSR PWA containing supersets 50 & 51 (MODIS) shuts down

Note: About 5-1/2% MODIS data loss until the supersets are moved to the "bad" list

Thursday, September 25, 2003

2003/268 07:37:00 Terra SSR PWA containing supersets 114 & 115 (ASTER) shuts down
2003/268 18:06:15 Last SSR playback before re-assigning failed supersets to the "bad list"
2003/268 18:36:54 Science recording to the SSR is disabled
2003/268 18:51:14 Science recording to the SSR is re-enabled

Note: Science data loss occurred while the recording was disabled. Some or all of the data since the last SSR playback may be lost as well.

Friday, September 26, 2003

None

This Week’s Scheduled MODIS Activities Not Completed:

None

Upcoming MODIS Events:

October calibrations will include biweekly SDSM, monthly SRCA Full Radiometric, monthly 10W Radiometric, and quarterly SRCA Full Spectral and Blackbody calibrations. In addition, a full set of memory table dumps will be gathered.

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

2003/266 20:49:56 - 20:58:44 ATC MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCRN_NO_DOOR_A.4 OA16: SD/SDSM screened side A, no door movement

Maneuvers:

The next Lunar Roll Calibration is planned for DOY 2003/288 (October 15, 2003). The data collect will occur between 08:35:34 and 08:42:04 GMT with a spacecraft roll angle of -13.16 degrees.

The next Terra inclination maneuvers are expected in October of 2004.

MODIS Anomalies:

Terra Solid State Recorder Anomaly

Although not directly the result of a MODIS problem, the most recent Printed Wire Assembly (PWA) failures in the Terra Solid State Recorder (SSR) do affect MODIS data. See the Non-MODIS Significant Events section below for more details.

General Instrument Comments:

MODIS is in Science Mode, using all A-side components, but cross-strapped to Formatter B, with the blackbody maintained at 290K and the Solar Diffuser Door at the Screened position.

MODIS Telemetry Trends:

Nominal telemetry trending is ongoing.

Non-MODIS Significant Events:

Terra Solid State Recorder Anomaly

Two Printed Wire Assemblies (PWA) in the Terra Solid State Recorder (SSR) have autonomously powered- down. The first shut down on September 24, 2003 (2003/267) at approximately 23:10 GMT. This PWA contains supersets #50 and #51 that are assigned as MODIS buffer locations. The second PWA shut down September 25, 2003 (2003/268) at 07:30 GMT. This second PWA contains supersets #114 and #115 that are assigned to the ASTER instrument. It is believed that the PWA shutdowns were caused by over-current protection circuits in each PWA.

The data written to these supersets while they were powered off are not recoverable. The four failed supersets were moved to the "bad" list and will no longer have data written to them. This will reduce MODIS' total SSR buffer space from 36 supersets to 34 supersets and will result in a short data loss while the transition is made.

Note that MODIS started the mission with 35 supersets of SSR space. A similar PWA failure occurred in May of 2001 with the net result of MODIS gaining 1 superset (up to 36) when the SSR was recycled in June of 2001. It is believed that recycling the SSR will return all of the failed SSR supersets (currently 6) to working operation.

The final SSR playback before the PWA re-assignment was at 18:06:15 GMT on September 25, 2003 (2003/268). Science data recording to the SSR was stopped at 18:36:54 and re-enabled at 18:51:14. During this time, there will be no MODIS science data. For the period between 18:06:15 and 18:36:54, some or all of that MODIS data may be lost as well. The exact amount is not known at this time.

At this time, there are no plans to power-cycle the SSR to (hopefully) return all of the PWAs to working order because of other potential risks to the SSR during a power-cycle. One temporary recovery option (for MODIS) is to borrow one or two SSR supersets from the MISR instrument. The MISR team has given the initial approval for this plan and this recovery option is being scheduled for Tuesday, September 30, 2003.

The EMOS mission status webpage (which includes instrument data loss records) can be found at the following URL. Note that a password is now required to access the EOS mission links web pages. There are directions at the URL below for how to obtain a username/password.

http://jupiter02.gsfc.nasa.gov/links/links.htm

Limited Life Item Status:

SRCA 10W Lamp #1: 217.4 of 500 hours
SRCA 10W Lamp #2: 161.7 of 500 hours
SRCA 10W Lamp #3: 170.9 of 500 hours
SRCA 10W Lamp #4: 62.2 of 500 hours

SRCA 1W Lamp #1: 562.6 of 4000 hours
SRCA 1W Lamp #2: 276.7 of 4000 hours

Solar Diffuser Door: 2146 of 3022 Movements
Nadir Aperture Door: 536 of 1316 Movements
Space View Door: 439 of 1316 Movements