Routine Calibrations

Title	Date UTC	Year of DOY	DOY	Command Load	Notes	MODIS Mission
BB WU/CD	Tue, 10/21/2008 - 02:00	2008	295	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_290K_A.2	Set blackbody temperature to 290K on the A Side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/20/2008 - 05:00	2008	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_DCYCLE_THIRD.1	Set blackbody heater duty cycle to THIRD	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/20/2008 - 05:00	2008	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_270K_A.2	Set blackbody temperature to 270K on the A Side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/20/2008 - 02:00	2008	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_DCYCLE_FULL.1	Set blackbody heater duty cycle to FULL	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/20/2008 - 02:00	2008	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_315K_A.2	Set blackbody temperature to 315K on the A Side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sun, 10/19/2008 - 22:00	2008	293	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_290K_A.2	Set blackbody temperature to 290K on the A Side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sun, 10/19/2008 - 19:00	2008	293	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_285K_A.2	Set blackbody temperature to 285K on the A Side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sun, 10/19/2008 - 15:00	2008	293	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_280K_A.2	Set blackbody temperature to 280K on the A Side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sat, 10/18/2008 - 21:00	2008	292	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_270K_A.2	Set blackbody temperature to 270K on the A Side	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Sat, 10/18/2008 - 19:50	2008	292	ATC MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.2	(03:23 late)	Terra
Lunar Roll	Sat, 10/18/2008 - 19:31 - Sat, 10/18/2008 - 19:38	2008	292	ATC MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.3	Lunar Roll Maneuver (-14.91 deg roll)	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Sat, 10/18/2008 - 18:54	2008	292	ATC MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.1	(03:23 early)	Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric	Tue, 10/14/2008 - 21:02 - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 21:33	2008	288	ATC MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.1	OA-19: SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration. Data collection 21:18:30-21:33:53 (centered on S/C Night) S/C Night 21:08:44-21:42:41	Terra
SRCA Setup	Tue, 10/14/2008 - 20:55 - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 20:55	2008	288	ATC MOD_SRCA_9_8_2_SETUP_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using 10W lamps 1 and 4, and 1W lamp 5, in constant current feedback mode	Terra
SD/SDSM	Tue, 10/14/2008 - 20:03 - Tue, 10/14/2008 - 20:12	2008	288	ATC MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCRN_NO_DOOR_A.4	OA-16: SD/SDSM screened side A, no door movement.	Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric	Mon, 10/13/2008 - 21:35 - Mon, 10/13/2008 - 22:05	2008	287	MCL MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.2	OA-19: SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration - B Side Data collection 21:51:08-22:05:31 (Centered on S/N Night) S/C Night 21:41:58-22:14:43	Aqua
SRCA Setup	Mon, 10/13/2008 - 21:30 - Mon, 10/13/2008 - 21:30	2008	287	MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP_L1_L4_L5_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using lamps 1, 4, and 5, and in constant current feedback mode	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 10/13/2008 - 20:33 - Mon, 10/13/2008 - 20:47	2008	287	MCL MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA-16: SD/SDSM Screened - B-Side	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 10/10/2008 - 21:03	2008	284	MCL MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE		Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 10/10/2008 - 20:16	2008	284	MCL MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE	(03:23 late)	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Fri, 10/10/2008 - 20:01 - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 20:07	2008	284	MCL MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN	Lunar Roll Maneuver (-15.3835 degrees deg roll)	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 10/10/2008 - 19:20	2008	284	MCL MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE	(03:23 early)	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 10/10/2008 - 18:34	2008	284	MCL MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE		Aqua
SRCA Full Spatial	Tue, 09/30/2008 - 22:18 - Tue, 09/30/2008 - 23:07	2008	274	MOD_OA23_SRCA_FULL_SPAT.1	OA-23: SRCA Full Spatial Calibration Data Collect from 22:35:12-23:05:58 (centered on S/C Night) S/C Night 22:33:46-23:07:41	Terra
SRCA Setup	Tue, 09/30/2008 - 22:10 - Tue, 09/30/2008 - 22:10	2008	274	MOD_SRCA_9_8_2_SETUP_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using 10W lamps 1 & 4 and 1W lamp 5 in constant current feedback mode	Terra
SD/SDSM	Tue, 09/30/2008 - 21:28 - Tue, 09/30/2008 - 21:37	2008	274	ATC MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCRN_NO_DOOR_A.4	OA-16: SD/SDSM screened side A, no door movement.	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 09/22/2008 - 21:56 - Mon, 09/22/2008 - 22:10	2008	266	MCL MOD_OA15_SDSM_OPEN.1	OA-15: SD/SDSM Open - B-Side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 09/22/2008 - 20:17 - Mon, 09/22/2008 - 20:31	2008	266	MCL MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA-16: SD/SDSM Screened - B-Side	Aqua
SRCA Full Spatial	Sun, 09/21/2008 - 20:27 - Sun, 09/21/2008 - 21:14	2008	265	MCL MOD_OA23_SRCA_FULL_SPAT.2	OA-23: SRCA Full Spatial Calibration - B Side Data Collect from 20:43:30-21:14:16 (centered in S/C Night) S/C Night 20:42:16-21:15:29	Aqua
SRCA Setup	Sun, 09/21/2008 - 20:20 - Sun, 09/21/2008 - 20:20	2008	265	MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP_L1_L4_L5_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using lamps 1, 4, and 5, and in constant current feedback mode	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 09/19/2008 - 12:03	2008	263	ATC MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.2	(03:23 late)	Terra
Lunar Roll	Fri, 09/19/2008 - 11:44 - Fri, 09/19/2008 - 11:51	2008	263	ATC MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.3	Lunar Roll Maneuver (-14.31 deg roll)	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 09/19/2008 - 11:07	2008	263	ATC MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.1	(03:23 early)	Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric	Tue, 09/16/2008 - 22:13 - Tue, 09/16/2008 - 22:44	2008	260	ATC MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.1	OA-19: SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration. Data collection 22:29:34-22:44:57 (centered on S/C Night) S/C Night 22:19:50-22:53:43	Terra
SRCA Setup	Tue, 09/16/2008 - 22:00 - Tue, 09/16/2008 - 22:00	2008	260	ATC MOD_SRCA_9_8_2_SETUP_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using 10W lamps 1 and 4, and 1W lamp 5, in constant current feedback mode	Terra
SD/SDSM	Tue, 09/16/2008 - 21:14 - Tue, 09/16/2008 - 21:23	2008	260	ATC MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCRN_NO_DOOR_A.4	OA-16: SD/SDSM screened side A, no door movement.	Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric	Mon, 09/15/2008 - 21:13 - Mon, 09/15/2008 - 21:43	2008	259	MCL MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.2	OA-19: SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration - B Side Data collection 21:29:21-21:43:44 (Centered on S/N Night) S/C Night 21:19:53-21:53:14	Aqua
SRCA Setup	Mon, 09/15/2008 - 21:10 - Mon, 09/15/2008 - 21:10	2008	259	MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP_L1_L4_L5_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using lamps 1, 4, and 5, and in constant current feedback mode	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Tue, 09/02/2008 - 21:00 - Tue, 09/02/2008 - 21:09	2008	246	ATC MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCRN_NO_DOOR_A.4	OA-16: SD/SDSM screened side A, no door movement.	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 09/01/2008 - 20:00 - Mon, 09/01/2008 - 20:14	2008	245	MCL MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA-16: SD/SDSM Screened - B-Side	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Mon, 08/25/2008 - 08:00	2008	238	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_285K_B.2	BB Temp Set to 285K for CP B Coefficients	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sun, 08/24/2008 - 12:00	2008	237	MCL MOD_BB_DCYCLE_THIRD.1	Set blackbody heater duty cycle to THIRD	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sun, 08/24/2008 - 12:00	2008	237	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_270K_B.2	BB Temp Set to 270K for CP B Coefficients	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sun, 08/24/2008 - 08:00	2008	237	MCL MOD_BB_DCYCLE_FULL.1	Set blackbody heater duty cycle to FULL	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sun, 08/24/2008 - 08:00	2008	237	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_315K_B.2	BB Temp Set to 315K for CP B Coefficients	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sun, 08/24/2008 - 04:00	2008	237	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_290K_B.2	BB Temp Set to 290K for CP B Coefficients	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sun, 08/24/2008 - 01:00	2008	237	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_285K_B.2	BB Temp Set to 285K for CP B Coefficients	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sat, 08/23/2008 - 21:00	2008	236	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_280K_B.2	BB Temp Set to 280K for CP B Coefficients	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sat, 08/23/2008 - 03:00	2008	236	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_270K_B.2	BB Temp Set to 270K for CP B Coefficients	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 08/21/2008 - 07:34	2008	234	ATC MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.2	(03:23 late)	Terra

MODIS Events history files

The following Excel Spreadsheedts with calibration activities and Vdet-ltwk changes/tests are available for download:

MODIS Events Notes

See list of command loads

List of routine calibrations performed in Aqua and Terra. Find subcategories under Routine Calibrations in your right to see a specific event.

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