Routine Calibrations

Title	Date UTC	Year of DOY	DOY	Command Load	Notes	MODIS Mission
Lunar Roll	Fri, 07/19/2002 - 21:11 - Fri, 07/19/2002 - 21:18	2002	200	MCL MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1	Lunar calibration via roll maneuver MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1 (command details listed below)	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 07/19/2002 - 20:33	2002	200	MCL MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Single command to move formatter night rate ahead by 3:23 MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2 Lunar Roll Maneuver (-19.3540 degree roll)	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 07/19/2002 - 19:47	2002	200	MCL MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Single command for nominal formatter day rate MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Fri, 07/19/2002 - 00:50	2002	200	MCL MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Night time ground track recorded in Formatter Day Rate: 2002/200 00:11:01 MCL Single command to move formatter day rate later by 10:00 MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1 Single command for nominal formatter night rate MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 07/18/2002 - 23:32	2002	199	MCL MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Single command for formatter night rate MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 07/18/2002 - 23:12	2002	199	MCL MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Single command to set formatter day rate MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1Twenty minutes of Formatter Day Rate data collection while over ground-track night.	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 07/18/2002 - 23:01	2002	199	MCL MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2Single	command to move formatter night rate ahead by 10:00 MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 07/18/2002 - 22:22	2002	199	MCL MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Single command to set nominal formatter day rate MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Wed, 07/17/2002 - 23:21	2002	198	ATC OA15	SD/SDSM OPEN FXD, side A	Terra
SD/SDSM	Wed, 07/17/2002 - 23:10	2002	198	MCL OA15	SD/SDSM with SDSM fixed at SD View MOD_OA15_SD_OPEN_FIXED_SD.1	Aqua
SRCA Full Radiometric	Wed, 07/17/2002 - 22:30	2002	198	ATC OA19	SRCA Full Radiometric, side A	Terra
SD/SDSM	Wed, 07/17/2002 - 21:42	2002	198	ATC OA16	SD/SDSM SCREENED FXD, side A	Terra
SD/SDSM	Wed, 07/17/2002 - 21:32	2002	198	MCL OA16	SD/SDSM calibration with SDSM fixed at Sun View MOD_OA16_SD_SCREEN_FIXED_SUN.1	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/15/2002 - 12:21	2002	196	Real-Time	MOD_MEM_HALT was executed to clear the FR event 1B message.	Terra
BB WU/CD	Thu, 07/11/2002 - 12:00	2002	192	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_285K_B.1	This activity sets the BB temperature to 285K for CPB.	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 23:01 - Wed, 07/10/2002 - 23:14	2002	191	MCL MOD_OA15_SD_OPEN_FIXED_SD.1	OA15: SD/SDSM with SD Open and SDSM Fixed at SD View.	Aqua
SRCA Full Radiometric	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 22:22 - Wed, 07/10/2002 - 22:56	2002	191	MCL MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.1	OA19: SRCA full radiometric calibration.	Aqua
SRCA Setup	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 22:21 - Wed, 07/10/2002 - 22:22	2002	191	MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2	This activity sets up the SRCA lamps for calibration.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 16:00	2002	191	MCL MOD_BB_DCYCLE_THIRD.1	This activity set BB duty cycle to THIRD.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 16:00	2002	191	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_270K_B.1	This activity sets the BB temperature to 270K for CPB.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 13:00	2002	191	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_315K_B.1	This activity sets the BB heater temp to 315K for CPB.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 09:00	2002	191	MCL MOD_BB_DCYCLE_FULL.1	This activity sets the BB duty cycle to FULL.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 09:00	2002	191	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_295K_B.1	This activity sets the BB temperature to 295K for CPB.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 05:00	2002	191	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_290K_B.1	This activity sets the BB heater temp to 290K for CPB.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/10/2002 - 02:00	2002	191	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_285K_B.1	This activity sets the BB temperature to 285K for CPB.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Tue, 07/09/2002 - 22:00	2002	190	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_280K_B.1	This activity sets the BB temperature to 280K for CPB.	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Tue, 07/09/2002 - 04:00	2002	190	MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_270K_B.1	This activity sets the BB temperature to 270K for CPB.	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 16:17 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 16:18	2002	189	Realtime	SMIR/LWIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep (reset to default values) MOD_VDET_SWEEP (’BOTH’,90,184,102,184,0,0,1)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 16:07 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 16:16	2002	189	Realtime	LWIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep MOD_VDET_SWEEP(’LWIR’,90,128,0,0,8,15,30)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 15:28 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 15:29	2002	189	Realtime	SMIR/LWIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep (reset to default values) MOD_VDET_SWEEP (’BOTH’,90,184,102,184,0,0,1)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 15:18 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 15:28	2002	189	Realtime	LWIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep MOD_VDET_SWEEP(’LWIR’,90,0,0,0,8,16,30)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 14:38 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 14:39	2002	189	Realtime	SMIR/LWIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep (reset to default values) MOD_VDET_SWEEP (’BOTH’,90,184,102,184,0,0,1)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 14:29 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 14:38	2002	189	Realtime	SMIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep MOD_VDET_SWEEP(’SMIR’,0,0,102,128,8,15,30)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 13:50 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 13:51	2002	189	Realtime	SMIR/LWIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep (reset to default values) MOD_VDET_SWEEP (’BOTH’,90,184,102,184,0,0,1)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/08/2002 - 13:40 - Mon, 07/08/2002 - 13:50	2002	189	Realtime	SMIR Vdet/Itwk Sweep MOD_VDET_SWEEP(’SMIR’,0,0,102,0,8,16,30)	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Thu, 07/04/2002 - 17:03 - Thu, 07/04/2002 - 17:16	2002	185	MCL OA15	SD/SDSM Open with SD Fixed at SD View MOD_OA15_SD_OPEN_FIXED_SD.1	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Thu, 07/04/2002 - 15:24 - Thu, 07/04/2002 - 15:37	2002	185	MCL OA16	SD/SDSM Screened with SD Fixed at Sun View MOD_OA16_SD_SCREENED_FIXED_SUN.1	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Wed, 07/03/2002 - 23:08	2002	184	ATC OA15	SD Open SDSM fixed at SD, A-side	Terra
SD/SDSM	Wed, 07/03/2002 - 21:29	2002	184	ATC OA16	SD Screened SDSM fixed at Sun, A-side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/03/2002 - 19:19 - Wed, 07/03/2002 - 19:20	2002	184	MCL MOD_BB	Realtime BB Temp set to 285K for CP-B MOD_SET_BB_TEMP(1733)	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Wed, 07/03/2002 - 19:06 - Wed, 07/03/2002 - 19:07	2002	184	MCL MOD_BB	Realtime Black Body B was turned on. MOD_BB_ON(’B’,’B’)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 07/02/2002 - 19:50	2002	183	Realtime	The FSW TMON, that performs the standby mode transition should the MODIS MCL finishes execution without the next day’s being loaded, was enabled.	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 07/02/2002 - 19:44	2002	183	Realtime	The MODIS DOY 2002/184 MCL was uplinked and activated.	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 07/02/2002 - 15:19 - Tue, 07/02/2002 - 15:20	2002	183	Realtime	Formatter set to NIGHT rate MOD_FR_MODE(’NIGHT’)Resuming the daily uplink and execution of the MODIS MCL. It has been temporarily suspend.	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 07/02/2002 - 15:19 - Tue, 07/02/2002 - 15:19	2002	183	Realtime	C&DH personnel enable MODIS FMU TAXI port	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 07/02/2002 - 15:16 - Tue, 07/02/2002 - 15:18	2002	183	Realtime	Transition to B-side Science Mode MOD_SCI_PM_TXTN(’B’)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 07/02/2002 - 14:47 - Tue, 07/02/2002 - 14:48	2002	183	Realtime	Memory Dump of "motor position when hit" table MOD_MEM_PM_DUMP (’MOTOR_POS_WHEN_HIT’,12,0,0,1,1)The dump was repeated because the files appeared to not process properly in the ground system. A file server outage was later determined to be the cause of the problem.	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 07/02/2002 - 13:15 - Tue, 07/02/2002 - 13:16	2002	183	Realtime	Memory Dump of "motor position when hit" table MOD_MEM_PM_DUMP (’MOTOR_POS_WHEN_HIT’,12,0,0,1,1)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/01/2002 - 21:56 - Mon, 07/01/2002 - 21:59	2002	182	Realtime	Open the Nadir Aperture Door MOD_NAD_TO_OPEN	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Mon, 07/01/2002 - 21:53 - Mon, 07/01/2002 - 21:56	2002	182	Realtime	Open the Space View Door MOD_SVD_TO_OPEN	Aqua

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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