Routine Calibrations

Title	Date UTC	Year of DOY	DOY	Command Load	Notes	MODIS Mission
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 19:01	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 18:13	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate 01:53 late	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 17:54 - Tue, 04/28/2026 - 17:58	2026	118	MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1	Lunar Roll Maneuver (-4.4977 degrees)	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 17:21	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate 01:53 early	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 16:33	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 07:31	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 06:44	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate 01:53 late	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 06:29 - Tue, 04/28/2026 - 06:33	2026	118	MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1	Lunar Calibration - NO ROLL	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 05:51	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate 01:53 early	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 04/28/2026 - 05:03	2026	118	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Sun, 04/26/2026 - 20:49	2026	116	MOD_OA03_DAY_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Day Rate 10:00 late	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Sun, 04/26/2026 - 20:27	2026	116	MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Night Rate	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Sun, 04/26/2026 - 20:07	2026	116	MOD_OA03_DAY_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Day Rate	Terra
Nighttime Day Mode	Sun, 04/26/2026 - 19:40	2026	116	MOD_OA04_NIGHT_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Night Rate 10:00 early	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 04/20/2026 - 22:44 - Mon, 04/20/2026 - 22:58	2026	110	MOD_OA15_SDSM_OPEN.1	OA-15: SD/SDSM Open – B-side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 04/20/2026 - 21:06 - Mon, 04/20/2026 - 21:20	2026	110	MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA-16: SD/SDSM Screened – B-side	Aqua
BB WUCD	Sat, 04/18/2026 - 02:00	2026	108	MOD_OA26_BB_285K_A.2	BB Temp Set to 285K for CP A Coefficients	Terra
BB WUCD	Fri, 04/17/2026 - 05:00	2026	107	MOD_OA26_BB_DCYCLE_THIRD.1	Set blackbody heater duty cycle to THIRD	Terra
BB WUCD	Fri, 04/17/2026 - 05:00	2026	107	MOD_OA26_BB_270K_A.2	BB Temp Set to 270K for CP A Coefficients	Terra
BB WUCD	Fri, 04/17/2026 - 02:00	2026	107	MOD_OA26_BB_DCYCLE_FULL.1	Set blackbody heater duty cycle to FULL	Terra
BB WUCD	Fri, 04/17/2026 - 02:00	2026	107	MOD_OA26_BB_315K_A.2	BB Temp Set to 315K for CP A Coefficients	Terra
BB WUCD	Thu, 04/16/2026 - 22:00	2026	106	MOD_OA26_BB_290K_A.2	BB Temp Set to 290K for CP A Coefficients	Terra
BB WUCD	Thu, 04/16/2026 - 19:00	2026	106	MOD_OA26_BB_285K_A.2	BB Temp Set to 285K for CP A Coefficients	Terra
BB WUCD	Thu, 04/16/2026 - 15:00	2026	106	MOD_OA26_BB_280K_A.2	BB Temp Set to 280K for CP A Coefficients	Terra
BB WUCD	Wed, 04/15/2026 - 21:00	2026	105	MOD_OA26_BB_270K_A.2	BB Temp Set to 270K for CP A Coefficients	Terra
SD/SDSM	Tue, 04/14/2026 - 20:54 - Tue, 04/14/2026 - 21:02	2026	104	MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCRN_NO_DOOR_A.4	OA-16: SD/SDSM screen side A, no door movement.	Terra
SD/SDSM	Mon, 04/06/2026 - 21:59 - Mon, 04/06/2026 - 22:13	2026	096	MOD_OA15_SDSM_OPEN.1	OA-15: SD/SDSM Open – B-side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 04/06/2026 - 20:21 - Mon, 04/06/2026 - 20:35	2026	096	MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA-16: SD/SDSM Screened – B-side	Aqua
SRCA Full Radiometric	Thu, 04/02/2026 - 20:38 - Thu, 04/02/2026 - 21:10	2026	092	MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD.1	OA-19: SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration. S/C Night 20:47:42 - 21:15:59 Data Collect 20:54:38 - 21:10:01	Terra
SRCA Setup	Thu, 04/02/2026 - 20:35 - Thu, 04/02/2026 - 20:36	2026	092	MOD_SRCA_9_8_2_SETUP_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using 10W lamps 1 and 4, and 1W lamp 5, in constant current feedback mode.	Terra
SRCA Full Radiometric	Thu, 04/02/2026 - 20:31 - Thu, 04/02/2026 - 20:59	2026	092	MOD_OA19_SRCA_FULL_RAD_10W.3	OA-19: SRCA Full Radiometric Calibration. S/C Night 20:38:17 - 21:05:51 Data Collect 20:47:45 - 20:59:15	Aqua
SRCA Setup	Thu, 04/02/2026 - 20:28 - Thu, 04/02/2026 - 20:29	2026	092	MOD_SRCA_SETUP_L1_L4_L5_CC.1	SRCA setup activity using 10W lamps 1 and 4, and 1W lamp 5, in constant current feedback mode	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 03/31/2026 - 10:57	2026	090	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 03/31/2026 - 10:10	2026	090	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate 01:53 late	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 03/31/2026 - 09:41 - Tue, 03/31/2026 - 09:45	2026	090	MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1	Lunar Roll Maneuver (-14.1837 degrees)	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 03/31/2026 - 09:17	2026	090	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate 01:53 early	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Tue, 03/31/2026 - 08:29	2026	090	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Mon, 03/30/2026 - 07:02	2026	089	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Mon, 03/30/2026 - 06:14	2026	089	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate 01:53 late	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Mon, 03/30/2026 - 05:40 - Mon, 03/30/2026 - 05:43	2026	089	MOD_OA08_ROLL_MAN.1	Lunar Calibration - NO ROLL	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Mon, 03/30/2026 - 05:21	2026	089	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate 01:53 early	Aqua
Lunar Roll	Mon, 03/30/2026 - 04:34	2026	089	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 03/23/2026 - 22:53 - Mon, 03/23/2026 - 23:07	2026	082	MOD_OA15_SDSM_OPEN.1	OA-15: SD/SDSM Open – B-side	Aqua
SD/SDSM	Mon, 03/23/2026 - 21:14 - Mon, 03/23/2026 - 21:28	2026	082	MOD_OA16_SDSM_SCREEN.2	OA-16: SD/SDSM Screened – B-side	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 03/19/2026 - 01:38	2026	078	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 03/19/2026 - 00:58	2026	078	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate 10:00 late	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 03/19/2026 - 00:37	2026	078	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Nighttime Day Mode Observations Set Formatter to Night Rate	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Thu, 03/19/2026 - 00:17	2026	078	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Nighttime Day Mode Observations Set Formatter to Day Rate	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Wed, 03/18/2026 - 23:49	2026	077	MOD_OA03_FR_NIGHT_RATE.2	Set Formatter to Night Rate 10:00 early	Aqua
Nighttime Day Mode	Wed, 03/18/2026 - 23:09	2026	077	MOD_OA03_FR_DAY_RATE.1	Set Formatter to Day Rate	Aqua

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