Routine Calibrations

Title	Date UTC	Year of DOY	DOY	Command Load	Notes	MODIS Mission
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/28/2000 - 21:00	2000	088	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 270K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/28/2000 - 19:00	2000	088	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 300K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/28/2000 - 17:00	2000	088	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 295K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/28/2000 - 16:30	2000	088	ATC OA26	Real-time Set Blackbody duty cycle to 100%	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/28/2000 - 15:00	2000	088	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 290K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/28/2000 - 12:00	2000	088	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 285K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/28/2000 - 07:00	2000	088	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 280K	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 03/27/2000 - 04:51	2000	087	ATC OA15	SD/SDSM Open	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 03/27/2000 - 03:12	2000	087	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:33	2000	084		ATC - Begin return slew	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:25	2000	084	ATC MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Formatter to Night Rate	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:25	2000	084		ATC - PV DC Restore ON	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:25	2000	084		ATC - PC DC Restore ON	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:25	2000	084		ATC - Sectore Rotation to nominal (delta = 0)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:17	2000	084		ATC - Sector Rotation to delta of -3072	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:17	2000	084		ATC - PC DC Restore OFF	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:17	2000	084		ATC - PV DC Restore OFF	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:16	2000	084	ATC MOD_OA03_DAY_RATE.2	Formater to Day Rate to get all bands during roll	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:09	2000	084		ATC - Roll slew to -19.0 begins (07:10 slew time plus 01:10 settle time)	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 20:02	2000	084	ATC MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Moved Formatter to Night up 08:46 to account for roll data increase	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:58	2000	084	Real-time	Set SMIR Itwk / Vdet to 110 / 226	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:16	2000	084		ATC - Begin return slew	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:08	2000	084	ATC MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Formatter to Night Rate	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:08	2000	084		ATC - PV DC Restore ON	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:08	2000	084		ATC - PC DC Restore ON	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:08	2000	084		ATC - Sectore Rotation to nominal (delta = 0)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:00	2000	084		ATC - Sector Rotation to delta of -3072	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:00	2000	084		ATC - PC DC Restore OFF	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:00	2000	084		ATC - PV DC Restore OFF	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 17:00	2000	084	ATC MOD_OA03_DAY_RATE.2	Formater to Day Rate to get all bands during roll	Terra
Miscellaneous	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 16:52	2000	084		ATC - Roll slew to -19.5 begins (07:20 slew time plus 01:10 settle time)	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 16:44	2000	084	ATC MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Moved Formatter to Night up 08:46 to account for roll data increase	Terra
BB WU/CD	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 13:00	2000	084	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 290K	Terra
SD/SDSM	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 02:41	2000	084	ATC OA15	SD/SDSM Open	Terra
SD/SDSM	Fri, 03/24/2000 - 01:02	2000	084	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened	Terra
BB WU/CD	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 22:00	2000	083	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 270K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 21:28	2000	083	ATC OA26	Real-time Set Blackbody duty cycle to 33%	Terra
BB WU/CD	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 15:00	2000	083	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 315K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 14:41	2000	083	ATC OA26	Real-time Set Blackbody duty cycle to 100%	Terra
BB WU/CD	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 14:40	2000	083	ATC OA26	Real-time Set SMIR Itwk/Vdet to 100/218	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 07:09 - Thu, 03/23/2000 - 07:21	2000	083	Real-time	Ecal Sweeps; Vcal starts 48,43,53,60 8 Vcal steps of 1 DN, Nstep of 22,22,22,10	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 05:32 - Thu, 03/23/2000 - 05:45	2000	083	Real-time	Ecal Sweeps; Vcal starts 48,43,53,60 8 Vcal steps of 1 DN, Nstep of 18,18,18,6	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 03/23/2000 - 03:55 - Thu, 03/23/2000 - 04:07	2000	083	Real-time	Ecal Sweeps; Vcal starts 48,43,53,60 8 Vcal steps of 1 DN, Nstep of 20,20,20,8	Terra
BB WU/CD	Wed, 03/22/2000 - 19:00	2000	082	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 290K	Terra
SD/SDSM	Tue, 03/21/2000 - 23:33	2000	081	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened Double	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/21/2000 - 22:15	2000	081	ATC OA26	Real-time Set Blackbody duty cycle to 33%	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/21/2000 - 22:00	2000	081	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 270K	Terra
SD/SDSM	Tue, 03/21/2000 - 16:58	2000	081	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened Double	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/21/2000 - 15:00	2000	081	ATC OA26	Blackbody to 315K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Tue, 03/21/2000 - 14:54	2000	081	ATC OA26	Real-time Set Blackbody duty cycle to 100%	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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