SSOC Tohban Report for Week 12 (19-Mar-2001 to 25-Mar-2001) SSOC Tohbans : T. Koyama and K. Akita KSC Tohbans : T. Miyawaki, H. Tonooka, and Y. Katsukawa 0. Meeting Attendees J.Khan, T.Sakao, K.Akita, A.Takeda, Te.Watanabe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Solar Activity The solar activity has been higher this week. The GOES X-ray background has gradually increased to C-class level. Several M1-class flares occurred in NOAA AR9373 before it goes behind the limb. A bright active region (AR9393) was appearing from behind the east limb over the weekend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Standard Operations 2.1 SXT Table Uploads The following SXT tables were uploaded: UT Start Time Pass Table ID ========================================================== Sunday 18-Mar-2001 18:17:12 1 010318 P1 ARS2 VLA* Sunday 18-Mar-2001 23:23:54 4 010318 P4 ARS1 STD* Monday 19-Mar-2001 18:19:39 1 010319 P1 ARS1 DARK* Monday 19-Mar-2001 23:26:12 4 010319 P4 ARS1 DIF* Tuesday 20-Mar-2001 18:21:59 2 010320 P2 ARS1 STD* Wednesday 21-Mar-2001 18:24:33 2 010321 P2 ARS1 STD* Thursday 22-Mar-2001 18:26:37 2 010322 P2 ARS1 STD* Friday 23-Mar-2001 16:46:19 1 010323 P1 ARS2 VLA* Friday 23-Mar-2001 21:52:56 2 010323 P4 ARS1 STD* ========================================================== 2.2 STT Timer Setting The STT timer set was done during pass 2 (Pass ID : 010319-1341) on Monday, 19-Mar-2001 (UT). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Special Operations 3.1 HXT Calibration HXT calibration was carried out during the first pass from Wednesday through Friday ( Pass IDs: 010321-1134, 010322-1134 and 010323-1134 ). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Errors and Problems 4.1 SXT Errors None. 4.2 DP Errors None. 4.3 BCS Errors None. 4.4 34m antenna operation cancelled by SSOC last week 34m zenith passe was uneccessarily cancelled by the last week's tohbans. As the comment in the Hikitsugi items was misleading, they seemed to have believed 34m zenith passes are not usable. Actually, for a zenith pass, we just have to add a few extra commands to an already tight weekend op. So, it is certainly preferable not to choose a zenith pass in the planning stage. However, once the schedule is fixed, zenith pass is no longer a critical condition to change it. ( see 8.6 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. NASA Station Schedule 5.1 Contact Pass Cancellations/Additions The following schedule changes occurred: =================================================== Week Schedule Changes =================================================== Real-Time 12 1 cancellations Final 13 5 cancellations Preliminary 14 8 cancellations and 1 addition Strawman 15 59 cancellations =================================================== 5.2 Contacts this week and next (see 8.13): Week Wallops Santiago Goldstone Canberra Madrid NASA Japan 12 30 0 4 0 13 47 30 13 32 1 8 0 14 55 33 5.3 Data Transmission from NASA Ground Stations ----(Copied from /home/flare1/yohkoh/dsn_corrupt/2001/01_11)---- 065 82 1501 corrupted tape requested 13-Mar Closed/ same data 074 66 0532 not received requested 19-Mar Closed/ 6784 blocks arrived TLM outage due lines overloading. -Problem occurred while using MCP 26 meter automation configuration. 075 80 1202 corrupted tape requested 23-Mar 076 80 1204 not received requested 23-Mar 080 80 0850 corrupted tape requested 23-Mar 080 82 1356 corrupted tape requested 23-Mar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. KSC Pass Conflicts and Schedule None. Yohkoh will lose 2 passes due to conflicts with Akebono and Geotail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Hikitsugi Items 7.1 Tohbans for Next Week SSOC Tohbans : Te. Watanabe, Asai/Isobe KSC Tohabns : Y. Katsukawa, Matsumoto 7.2 STT Timer Setting The STT Timer Setting is due on Tuesday, 27-Mar-2001 (JST). 7.3 Please continue to take STT MAP every day (see 8.11). 7.4 Holiday Schedule (KSC 34m antenna TEL: 0994-67-3152) The next holiday is 1-Apr-2001 (JST). 34m-anntena operation is scheduled for Pass 2(1-Apr-2001 13:41-13:55 UT) and Pass 4 (1-Apr-2001 17:05-17:19 UT). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Unchanged Hikitsugi Items from Previous Weeks: 8.1 Weekend Terminators If possible, please schedule terminator opportunities on any weekend table (i.e., if room permits). 8.2 Software Problems PR_GEV with /hc keyword produces a temporary output file but does not print it at the printer. 8.3 OP_FIRST_GUESS Problem (1)(1999-w38, 1999-w45) In a situation with two KSC cancellations on each of two days (a rare condition) the BDR optimization feature of OP_FIRST_GUESS crashed. After experimentation, we found that it ran OK without the final cancellation request (two the first day, but just the first one on the second day). The second one then had to be removed manually. Records of the problem were forwarded to Lemen-san, but no answer had arrived at the time of writing. (2)(1999-w46, 1999-w45) During the preparation of 991109-1238 OP, 991110-1135 OP and 991111-1032 OP OP_FIRST_GUESS crashed with the message "OP_START_END: problem with detection of LOS/AOS/DSN Repro events". This problem was solved by changing OP_FIRST_GUESS options: choose optimization 1 rather than 2. (3)(2001-w06) OP_FIRST_GUESS frequently got confused about start times, trying to read weekly files extending forward years from the present. Re-tries eventually worked. 8.4 Keeping Wallops Contacts (1999-w42, 1999-w45) This is not a new policy, but to emphasize (paraphrased from e-mail from Hugh Hudson): We should keep all valid Wallops passes, independent of day/night status, in order to maximize our Wallops use and minimize our DSN use. NASA won't give us many DSN passes anyway, so if we select a Goldstone pass in preference to a Wallops one, we'll normally just lose both. Another reason is that CANCEL_DSN software needs some repair, since it seems to replace the DSS identifier WGS with 0. This is likely to cause confusion, but of course if we don't cancel Wallops passes we won't have this problem often. 8.5 DSN Pass Additions (2000-w20; modified 2001-w10) *** Don't forget to request pass additions! *** Yohkoh loses DSN passes as follows: (1) Canceled because Santiago is unavailable (Actually it is now available until end of 2000) (2) Canceled by the SSOC tohbans (3) Deleted by DSN The Tohbans SHOULD COMPARE the STRAWMAN, PRELIMINARY and FINAL schedules. -------------- for each week to see if some of the passes lost by case (4) could be replaced by ones from case (3). This means it may be possible to request pass additions for the PRELIMINARY and FINAL week schedules from the (case (3)) STRAWMAN cancellations. (The cancellations by Seko will generally be marked in red ink, and those by SSOC by pencil: Only request additions from the penciled cancellations). The routine to use is ADD_DSN: e.g., IDL> ADD_DSN, 28, /prelim and IDL> ADD_DSN, 29, /final Decide on the complete list of passes to be added and select them like CANCEL_DSN. Then ftp and email the appropriate file. 8.6 34m ANT Operation (2000-w33, 20001-w12) 34m Operation will be done only on Sunday (=Yohkoh holiday) for up to 2 or 3 passes. There will be no 34m OP to compensate for the lost pass due to the conflict with the other satellites. For further details, please ask Kosugi-san. Note that 34m operation requires more CE slots in OP table than DSN operation does. Weekend OP cannot accomodate many 34m passes without sacrificing even more DSN passes. Also, max elevation of the 34 m antenna should be checked carefully using Weekly Visible Diagram (do not trust op_first_guess nor AOSLOS listing). Try to avoid zenith passes ( Max. El. >76 degree) in planning. However, do not try to change the already fixed schedule just because the pass chosen turns out to be a zenith pass. There's no problem using the zenith pass with extra few op commands. (2001-w12) 8.7 Weekend DSN passes (2000-w49) We used to schedule 12 DSN passes during the weekend, but now we have two passes with the KSC 34m antenna. So only 9 or 10 DSN passes should be scheduled for the weekend. Please be sure to cancel extra passes as early as possible. 8.8 DSN Max Elevation DSN max elevation must be higher than the following value: Contact Max El.(degrees) Madrid 10.0 (2000-w45) Santiago 13.5 (2000-w44) Wallops 6.5 Others 7.0 8.9 OP and SXT Table Transfers Trouble (2000-w34) OP and SXT tables can not be transferred to KSC correctly when the MS computer at ISAS is in Initial Program Load(IPL). ASCA and HALCA groups operate the satellite from ISAS. We must not transfer OP and SXT tables in the following periods: "An hour before the beginning of HALCA/ASCA contact and an hour after the end of HALCA contact." As for IPL of MS computer at KSC, operators confirm if new OP and SXT tables come to MS computer at ISAS after the IPL. 8.10 Pass Conflict Issues In the operation meeting among ASCA, AKEBONO, HALCA, and YOHKOH, held on Thursday 31-Aug-00, ASCA group proposed that (1)they used only one pass a day, time of which is located between 4 and 20 (JST), and that (2)they wouldn't use DSN contacts for ASCA operations. 8.11 STT MAP operation in OP (2000-w42, revised at 2000-w53, 2001-w08) If possible, please schedule the STT MAP operation just before the 1st KSC Pass on next day. The OP commands to be insrted in OP are as follows; OG-030(DEC) CMPN OBS ON OG-035(DEC) STT EVENT OFF ; 1 step after CMPN OBS ON OG-117(DEC) STT MAP START ; 1 step after STT EVENT OFF OG-118(DEC) STT MAP END ; 5 min (10steps) after STT MAP START OG-036(DEC) STT EVENT ON ; 1 step after STT MAP END OG-031(DEC) CMPN OBS OFF ; 1 step after STT EVENT ON Plese insert these command manually in OP schedule. The timing of these commands must be assigned around the mid-time of Canopus tracking window (note that the Canopus tracking does not work normally in this window). It is prefer that the command work during the night period of the satellite. The Canopus tracking window appears on the AOSLOSGD plots as a dotted line. It is preferable to schedule the 10 steps contiguously (as shown, avoiding mode switches). 8.12 Bug-fix Report about the Attitude Determination Software (ADS) at 200-w53 Related with the Y2K problem, a software bug was found in the attitude detection software. The problem occured in the procedure to search the orbital element file. In the program including the bug, the attitude of the Yohkoh satellite was calculated using the latest orbital elements in DASD or Serius database, while it must be done using the elements of the day nearest to the observation date. This buf has been fixed now. This bug causes the large attitude error when the observation date and the calculation date of the attitude are largely different. From 2000 Jan. to 2000 Sep., there are 10 candidates with the attitude error greater than one minutes of arc, which are as follows (obs. date); 27-Apr-2000, 28-Apr-2000, 13-Sep-2000, 14-Sep-2000, 7-Jan-2000, 11-Sep-2000, 9-Mar-2000, 8-Jan-2000, 28-Sep-2000, 12-Sep-2000. Re-calculation of the attitude is scheduled to these 10 cases. 8.13 print_contact (2001-w07) It's helpful to see the actual statistics of the DSN/Wallops station passes. The program "PRINT_CONTACTS" does this for inclusion in the weekly report, e.g. IDL> print_contacts,[6,7] lists the passes for weeks 6 and 7. [end of report]