Routine Calibrations

Title	Date UTC	Year of DOY	DOY	Command Load	Notes	MODIS Mission
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/21/2002 - 17:00	2002	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_270K_A.1	Set blackbody temperature to 270K on the A-side	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 10/21/2002 - 16:21 - Mon, 10/21/2002 - 16:35	2002	294	MCL MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA16: SD/SDSM Screened - B-Side	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/21/2002 - 14:00	2002	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_DCYCLE_FULL.1	Set blackbody heater duty cycle to FULL	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/21/2002 - 14:00	2002	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_315K_A.1	Set blackbody temperature to 315K on the A-side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/21/2002 - 10:00	2002	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_290K_A.1	Set blackbody temperature to 290K on the A-side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/21/2002 - 07:00	2002	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_285K_A.1	Set blackbody temperature to 285K on the A-side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Mon, 10/21/2002 - 03:00	2002	294	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_280K_A.1	Set blackbody temperature to 280K on the A-side	Terra
BB WU/CD	Sun, 10/20/2002 - 09:00	2002	293	ATC MOD_OA26_BB_270K_A.1	Set blackbody temperature to 270K on the A-side	Terra
Miscellaneous	Thu, 10/17/2002 - 16:23	2002	290		MCL Aqua FOT begins spacecraft yaw return slew to nominal pointing	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Thu, 10/17/2002 - 15:40	2002	290		MCL Aqua FOT commands spacecraft to Fine Point Mode	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Thu, 10/17/2002 - 15:38	2002	290		MCL Aqua FOT begins 71 seconds delta-v burn	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Thu, 10/17/2002 - 15:37	2002	290		MCL Aqua FOT commands spacecraft to Attitude Hold Mode	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Thu, 10/17/2002 - 14:49	2002	290		MCL Aqua FOT begins spacecraft yaw slew to +14.35 degrees	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 23:07 - Wed, 10/16/2002 - 23:20	2002	289	ATC MOD_OA15_SD_OPEN_FIXED_SD_A.1	OA15: SD/SDSM Calibration: SDD open, SDSM fixed at the SD - A Side	Terra
SD/SDSM	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 21:28 - Wed, 10/16/2002 - 21:41	2002	289	ATC MOD_OA16_SD_SCREEN_FXD_SUN_A.1	OA16: SD/SDSM Calibration: SDD screened, SDSM fixed at the sun - A Side	Terra
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:33 - Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:33	2002	289	Realtime	FSW_ISC_ACTIVATE_SCS(56) Real time activation of ISC SCS#56 for one orbit’s formatter Day/Night commands See the MODIS Anomalies section below.	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:30	2002	289		MCL Set formatter to Night rate	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:30	2002	289		MCL Set SCIABNORM flag to NORM	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:30	2002	289		MCL Enable PV DC Restore	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:30	2002	289		MCL Enable PC DC Restore	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:30	2002	289		MCL Sector Rotation to zero	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:23 - Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:30	2002	289		Lunar calibration data collection	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:23	2002	289		MCL Sector Rotation to -3072	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:23	2002	289		MCL Disable PV DC Restore	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:23	2002	289		MCL Disable PC DC Restore	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:23	2002	289		MCL Set SCIABNORM flag to ABNORM	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:23	2002	289		MCL Set formatter to Day rate	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:23 - Wed, 10/16/2002 - 14:30	2002	289	MCL MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1	Lunar Roll Maneuver (-20.0510 degree roll) Lunar calibration via roll maneuver (command details listed below)	Aqua
Miscellaneous	Tue, 10/15/2002 - 13:22 - Tue, 10/15/2002 - 13:42	2002	288	Realtime	Aqua FOT loads Bus Scheduler Task (BST) Patch This patch switches MODIS Realtime and stored command time slots. See the MODIS Anomalies section below.	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 10/14/2002 - 16:16 - Mon, 10/14/2002 - 16:29	2002	287	MCL MOD_OA15_SDSM_OPEN.1	OA15: SD/SDSM Open - B-Side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 10/14/2002 - 14:37 - Mon, 10/14/2002 - 14:51	2002	287	MCL MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA16: SD/SDSM Screened - B-Side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Wed, 10/09/2002 - 14:45 - Wed, 10/09/2002 - 14:58	2002	282	ATC MOD_OA15_SD_OPEN_FIXED_SD_A.1	OA15: SD/SDSM Calibration: SDD open, SDSM fixed at the SD - A Side	Terra
SD/SDSM	Wed, 10/09/2002 - 13:06 - Wed, 10/09/2002 - 13:19	2002	282	ATC MOD_OA16_SD_SCREEN_FXD_SUN_A.1	OA16: SD/SDSM Calibration: SDD screened, SDSM fixed at the sun - A Side	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 10/07/2002 - 14:32 - Mon, 10/07/2002 - 14:45	2002	280	MCL MOD_OA15_SDSM_OPEN.1	OA15: SD/SDSM Open - B-Side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 10/07/2002 - 12:53 - Mon, 10/07/2002 - 13:07	2002	280	MCL MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA16: SD/SDSM Screened - B-Side	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Sat, 10/05/2002 - 07:00	2002	278	MCL MOD_BB	to 285K	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Fri, 10/04/2002 - 11:00	2002	277	MCL MOD_BB	Duty Cycle to THIRD	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Fri, 10/04/2002 - 11:00	2002	277	MCL MOD_BB	to 270K	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Fri, 10/04/2002 - 08:00	2002	277	MCL MOD_BB	to 315K	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Fri, 10/04/2002 - 06:00	2002	277	MCL MOD_BB	Duty Cycle to FULL	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Fri, 10/04/2002 - 06:00	2002	277	MCL MOD_BB	to 295K	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Fri, 10/04/2002 - 02:00	2002	277	MCL MOD_BB	to 290K	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Thu, 10/03/2002 - 23:00	2002	276	MCL MOD_BB	to 285K	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Thu, 10/03/2002 - 19:00	2002	276	MCL MOD_BB	to 280K	Aqua
BB WU/CD	Thu, 10/03/2002 - 01:00	2002	276	MCL MOD_BB	to 270K	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Wed, 10/02/2002 - 13:00 - Wed, 10/02/2002 - 13:13	2002	275	ATC MOD_OA15_SD_OPEN_FIXED_SD_A.1	OA15: SD/SDSM Calibration: SDD open, SDSM fixed at the SD - A Side	Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric	Wed, 10/02/2002 - 12:12 - Wed, 10/02/2002 - 12:46	2002	275	ATC MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD_A.3	OA19: SRCA Calibration: Full Radiometric - A Side	Terra
SD/SDSM	Wed, 10/02/2002 - 11:21 - Wed, 10/02/2002 - 11:34	2002	275	ATC MOD_OA16_SD_SCREEN_FXD_SUN_A.1	OA16: SD/SDSM Calibration: SDD screened, SDSM fixed at the sun - A Side	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 09/30/2002 - 12:47 - Mon, 09/30/2002 - 13:01	2002	273	MCL MOD_OA15_SDSM_OPEN.1	OA15: SD/SDSM Open - B-Side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 09/30/2002 - 11:08 - Mon, 09/30/2002 - 11:22	2002	273	MCL MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA16: SD/SDSM Screened - B-Side	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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