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Routine Calibrations

Title Date UTC Year of DOY DOY Command Load Notes MODIS Mission
Nighttime Day Mode 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1 Set formatter to day rate 03:23 later than normal to balance instrument data rate MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1 Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Set formatter to Night rate Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Set SCIABNORM flag to NORM Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Enable PV DC Restore Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Enable PC DC Restore Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Sector Rotation to zero Aqua
Miscellaneous - 2002 171 Lunar calibration data collection Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Disable PV DC Restore Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Sector Rotation to -3072 Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Disable PC DC Restore Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL Set SCIABNORM flag to ABNORM Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 171 MCL formatter to Day rate Aqua
Lunar Roll - 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1 Lunar calibration via roll maneuver MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1 Lunar Roll Maneuver (-11.6745 degree roll) (command details listed below) Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2 Set formatter to night rate 03:23 earlier than normal to balance instrument data rate MOD_OA04_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2 Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1 Set formatter to day rate using individual command MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1 Aqua
Sector Rotation - 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA14_SECT_ROT_SCAN.1 Sector Rotation Test MOD_OA14_SECT_ROT_SCAN.1 Aqua
SRCA Full Spectral - 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_1.1 SRCA Full Spectral Calibration Part 4 MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_4.1 Aqua
SRCA Full Spectral - 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_1.1 SRCA Full Spectral Calibration Part 3 MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_3.1 Aqua
SRCA Setup - 2002 171 MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Setup commands for SRCA activities MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Aqua
SRCA Full Spectral - 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_1.1 SRCA Full Spectral Calibration Part 2 MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_2.1 Aqua
SRCA Full Spectral - 2002 171 MCL MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_1.1 SRCA Full Spectral Calibration Part 1 MOD_OA22_SRCA_FULL_SPECT_1.1 Aqua
SRCA Setup - 2002 171 MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Setup commands for SRCA activities MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Aqua
PV ECAL - 2002 171 ATC OA27 PV Electronics Calibration Terra
SD/SDSM 2002 170 ATC OA15 SD/SDSM Open, SDSM fixed at the SD Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric - 2002 170 ATC OA19 SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration, A-side Terra
SD/SDSM 2002 170 ATC OA16 SD/SDSM Screened, SDSM fixed at the sun Terra
SRCA Full Spatial - 2002 170 MCL MOD_OA23_SRCA_FULL_SPAT.1 SRCA Full Spatial Calibration MOD_OA23_SRCA_FULL_SPAT.1 Aqua
SRCA Setup - 2002 170 MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Setup commands for SRCA activities MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Aqua
Miscellaneous 2002 170 Real-time FOT commands Terra to high fidelity pointing after delta-v burn Terra
Miscellaneous 2002 170 Real-time 13.6 second delta-v burn (2-1/2 minutes late) Terra
Miscellaneous 2002 170 Real-time FOT commands Terra to low fidelity pointing for delta-v burn Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric - 2002 170 MCL MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.1 SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.1 Aqua
SRCA Setup - 2002 170 MCL MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Setup commands for SRCA activities MOD_SRCA_SETUP.2 Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 170 MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_285K_B.1 set Blackbody to 285K MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_285K_B.1 Aqua
Miscellaneous - 2002 169 Real-time Send halt CP RAM transfer command to clear xx1B formatter last event message MOD_MEM_HALT Terra
Miscellaneous - 2002 169 Real-time Dump memory location of above formatter patch MOD_MEM_DUMP('FR_OPERAND',9672,0,1,1) Terra
Miscellaneous - 2002 169 Real-time Load formatter patch to stop a background task register load associated with the formatter errors. MOD_MEM_LOAD ('AM1_MPR_MODIS_FIE_MASK_NO', 1,'N','DISABLE',1,1) Terra
BB WU/CD 2002 169 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody heater duty cycle to 33% MOD_BB_DCYCLE_THIRD.1 Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 169 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody temperature to 270K MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_270K_B.1 Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 169 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody temperature to 315K MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_315K_B.1 Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 169 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody heater duty cycle to 100% MOD_BB_DCYCLE_FULL.1 Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 169 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody temperature to 295K MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_295K_B.1 Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 168 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody temperature to 290K MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_290K_B.1 Aqua
Miscellaneous - 2002 168 Realtime PC-17 1W Spatial SRCA functional test part 2 MOD_PC17_2OF2(’B’) Aqua
Miscellaneous - 2002 168 Realtime PC-17 1W Spatial SRCA functional test part 1 MOD_PC17_1OF2(’B’) Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 168 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody temperature to 285K MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_285K_B.1 Aqua
Miscellaneous - 2002 168 680s econd Delta-V burn maneuver. Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 168 MCL MOD_BB Set Blackbody temperature to 280K MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_280K_B.1 Aqua
BB WU/CD 2002 167 MCL MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_270K_B.1 Set BB to 270K for BB Stepping Calibration MOD_BB_TEMP_SET_270K_B.1 Aqua
PV ECAL - 2002 167 MCL MOD_OA27_PV_ECAL.1 Cool PC ECAL MOD_OA28_PC_ECAL.1 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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