Routine Calibrations

Title	Date UTC	Year of DOY	DOY	Command Load	Notes	MODIS Mission
Nighttime Day Mode	Tue, 02/22/2000 - 07:30	2000	053	ATC MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Moved Formatter to Night up by 16:37 to support sector rotation	Terra
SD/SDSM	Tue, 02/22/2000 - 03:29	2000	053	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened	Terra
Miscellaneous	Tue, 02/22/2000 - 01:05	2000	053		Bit Flip Investigation ends, MODIS OBC Activities resumed.	Terra
Miscellaneous	Mon, 02/21/2000 - 16:35	2000	052	Real-time	- Return Formatter to Normal packets	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Mon, 02/21/2000 - 12:12	2000	052	ATC MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Formatter Night -> Day -> Night -> Day -> Night (6 minutes) (Bit-Flip Investigation)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Mon, 02/21/2000 - 10:24	2000	052	Real-time	-- Enable Formatter Test Data Packets (Bit-Flip Investigation)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Mon, 02/21/2000 - 10:00	2000	052		Bit Flip Investigation begins, MODIS OBC Activities suspended.	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 02/21/2000 - 09:23	2000	052	ATC OA15	SD/SDSM Open	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 02/21/2000 - 02:48	2000	052	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 22:07	2000	051	Real-time	- Set Formatter to Test packets for 5 minutes	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 21:51	2000	051	Real-time	-- Reset SMIR-A default values, (Itwk = 79, VDET = 190)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 21:36	2000	051	Real-time	-- SMIR-A Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 110, Vdet 207 - 231, by 1	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 21:19	2000	051	Real-time	-- SMIR-A Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 100, Vdet 207 - 231, by 1	Terra
SD/SDSM	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 20:13	2000	051	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened (SSR buffer disables, no data)	Terra
SD/SDSM	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 15:17	2000	051	ATC OA15	SD/SDSM Open	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 14:36	2000	051	ATC OA26	Real-time - Set BB temp to 290K	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 14:35	2000	051	ATC OA26	Real-time -- Set BB duty cycle to 33%	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 14:00	2000	051	ATC OA26	Sector shift to -3072, BB at 315K (EDS ~ 5 minutes)	Terra
SD/SDSM	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 08:42	2000	051	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened	Terra
SD/SDSM	Sun, 02/20/2000 - 03:46	2000	051	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened	Terra
SD/SDSM	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 21:12	2000	050	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM Screened	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 20:45	2000	050	ATC OA26	Real-time - - Set BB duty cycle to 100%	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 19:12	2000	050	Real-time	- - Set SMIR FPA back to A side	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 19:11	2000	050	Real-time	- - Turn off EDS (quicklook)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 19:10	2000	050	Real-time	- - Reset SMIR-B default values, (Itwk = 79)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 19:03	2000	050	Real-time	- - SMIR-B Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 110	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 18:56	2000	050	Real-time	- - SMIR-B Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 100	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 18:55	2000	050	Real-time	- - Turn on EDS (quicklook)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 17:26	2000	050	Real-time	- - SMIR-B Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 90	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 17:18	2000	050	Real-time	- - SMIR-B Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 79	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 17:17	2000	050	Real-time	- - Turn on EDS (quicklook)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 17:17	2000	050	Real-time	- - Turn off EDS (quicklook)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Sat, 02/19/2000 - 17:16	2000	050	Real-time	- - Set SMIR FPA to B side	Terra
SRCA Full Spectral	Fri, 02/18/2000 - 18:20 - Fri, 02/18/2000 - 19:05	2000	049	ATC OA22	SRCA Full Spectral, 10W Part 2 (macro 21)	Terra
SRCA Full Spectral	Fri, 02/18/2000 - 16:25 - Fri, 02/18/2000 - 17:16	2000	049	ATC OA22	SRCA Full Spectral, 10W Part 1 (macro 20)	Terra
SRCA Full Spectral	Fri, 02/18/2000 - 15:03 - Fri, 02/18/2000 - 15:46	2000	049	ATC OA22	SRCA Full Spectral, 30W Part 2 (macro 19)	Terra
SRCA Full Spectral	Fri, 02/18/2000 - 13:09 - Fri, 02/18/2000 - 14:00	2000	049	ATC OA22	SRCA Full Spectral, 30W Part 1 (macro 18)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 22:59	2000	048	Real-time	- - Turn off EDS (quicklook)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 22:58	2000	048	Real-time	- - Reset default values (Itwk = 79)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 22:50	2000	048	Real-time	- - LWIR Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 95	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 22:42	2000	048	Real-time	- - LWIR Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 90	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 22:41	2000	048	Real-time	- - Turn on EDS (quicklook)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 19:44	2000	048	Real-time	- - Turn off EDS (quicklook)Note that values for LWIR Vdet/Itwk were not set back to nominal between this set and the next set of sweeps.	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 19:36	2000	048	Real-time	- - LWIR Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 85	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 19:28	2000	048	Real-time	- - LWIR Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 79	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 19:26	2000	048	Real-time	- - Turn on EDS (quicklook)	Terra
SRCA Full Spatial	Thu, 02/17/2000 - 14:43 - Thu, 02/17/2000 - 15:40	2000	048	ATC OA23	SRCA Full Spatial	Terra
Miscellaneous	Wed, 02/16/2000 - 22:30	2000	047	Real-time	- - Turn off EDS (quicklook)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Wed, 02/16/2000 - 22:29	2000	047	Real-time	- - Reset default values (Itwk = 79)	Terra
Miscellaneous	Wed, 02/16/2000 - 22:22	2000	047	Real-time	- - SMIR Vdet Sweeps, Itwk = 110	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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