SSOC Tohban Report for Week 43 (22-Oct-2001 -- 28-Oct-2001) SSOC Tohbans : H.Kozu,T.Kichiraku KSC Tohbans : Kubo, I.Suzuki 0. Meeting Attendees Y.Ogawara, J.Khan, T.Sakao ,K.Shibasaki A.Takeda, K.Yoshimura, H.Kozu, T.Kichiraku ,S.Uno ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Solar Activity The solar activity seems to slightly increase and two X-class and five M-class flares occurred during week 43. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Standard Operations 2.1 SXT Table Uploads The following SXT tables were uploaded: JST Day UT Start Time Pass Table ID ==================================================================== Monday PM 22-OCT-01 09:05 1 011022 P1 ARS2 JOP+TRM Monday PM 22-OCT-01 14:09 4 011022 P4 ARS1 DIFF Tuesday PM 23-OCT-O1 07:21 1 011023 P1 ARS2 JOP+TRM Tuesday PM 23-OCT-01 12:24 4 011023 P4 ARS1 STD Wednesday PM 24-OCT-01 10:40 3 011024 P2 ARS2 DRK+TRM Wednesday PM 24-OCT-01 12:21 4 011024 P4 ARS1 STD Thursday PM 25-OCT-01 07:13 1 011025 P1 ARS2 DRK+TRM Thursday PM 25-OCT-01 12:18 4 011025 P4 ARS1 STD Friday PM 26-OCT-01 05:30 1 011026 P1 ARS2 TRM Friday PM 26-OCT-01 10:32 4 011026 P4 ARS1 STD Saturday PM 27-OCT-01 05:25 1 011027 P1 ARS2 TRM Saturday PM 27-OCT-01 07:06 2 011027 P2 ARS2 TRM2 Saturday PM 27-OCT-01 10:29 4 011027 P4 ARS1 STD ==================================================================== 2.2 STT Timer Setting The STT timer was set during pass 2 on Tue 23-Oct-2001 (JST), (Pass ID : 011023-0619). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Special Operation: 3.1 Repointing None repointing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Errors and Problems 4.1 SXT Errors : SXT recovery was executed at the pass 011024-0618 4.2 DP Errors : None 4.3 BCS Errors : BCS recovery was executed at the pass 011027-0515 4.4 DSN Tracking : None 4.5 Timing generator/translator failure in the 34m tracking system at KSC The clock-signal generator/translator in the 34m dish tracking system failed on Friday, 26-Oct-01. Yohkoh data downlinks scheduled on 28-Oct-01 were changed to use the 20m antenna system. The impact to long-range 34m operation scheduling will be discussed this week involving ISAS ground facility experts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. NASA Station Schedule 5.1 Contact Pass Cancellations/Additions The following schedule changes occurred: ========================================================================= Week Schedule Changes ========================================================================= Real-Time 43 2 cancellations Final 44 2 cancellations Preliminary 45 15 cancellations Strawman 46 37 cancellations ========================================================================= 5.2 Contacts this week and next (see 8.12): Week Wallops Santiago Goldstone Canberra Madrid NASA Japan 43 29 2 2 3 1 37 32 44 34 1 4 0 8 47 32 5.3 Data Transmission from NASA Ground Stations ----(Copied from /home/flare1/yohkoh/dsn_corrupt/2001/01_43)---- 270 80 1054 missing data tape requested 04-Oct no response tape requested 24-Oct 275 80 0900 not received requested 11-Oct no response requested 24-OCt Closed/ correct data 275 80 1041 not received requested 11-Oct no response requested 24-OCt Closed/ correct data 276 80 0858 not received requested 04-Oct no response requested 24-OCt Closed/ correct data 278 80 0852 missing data tape requested 11-OCt no response tape requested 24-Oct 281 80 1023 missing data tape requested 11-Oct no response tape requested 24-Oct 287 G16 0955 - 1006 : No data UNABLE TO GET TLM LOCK WITH TCP1. TCP1 TS1 OR TS2 WOULD NOT RUN. TRIED TCP2 AND IT ALSO WOULD NOT RUN. TRIED TO RUN TCPS LOCALLY WITHOUT SUCCESS. REBOOTED TCPS BUT HAD TLM DUMP OFF BEFORE TCPS COULD COMPLETE REBOOT. 289 W80 0458 - 0509 : 17345 block - DUMP ON AT AOS. 295 W80 0254 - 0305 : 17354 block ANTENNA DROPPED OUT OF AUTO-TRACK CAUSING LOW BLOCK COUNT. 296 W74 1631 - 1642 : 12536 block 740 DROPS DURING THE PASS. TOV=-17 SEC EARLY. 5.4 Suspension of the NASCOM line communication DSN/Wallops data transfer via NASCOM line, which had been suspended since 10-Oct-01, restarted on 23-Oct-01 (JST) by unknown reasons. Neither JPL nor ISAS was so far successful in identifying the loction of the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. KSC Pass Conflicts and Schedule : No conflict : No conflict ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Hikitsugi Items 7.1 Tohbans for Next Week SSOC Tohbans : Uno, Shibasaki KSC Tohbans : I.Suzuki, Kawasoe 7.2 STT Timer Setting The STT Timer Set is due on Tuesday 30-Oct-2001 (JST). 7.3 Holiday Schedule The next holiday is Sunday 04-Nov-2001 (JST). The 34m-antenna operations are scheduled for pass 2 (03:08 UT) and pass 5 (08:12 UT). These operations will be downlink only. 7.4 STT MAP operation in OP (see 8.10) Note that we have stopped the STT MAP commands and operations in the OPs. 7.5 The OP and the command sheets for today The OP and command sheets for Monday (29 Oct JST) have already been checked and sent. 7.6 DSN downlink scheduling handover White Sands (WOTIS) took over the responsibility for the Yohkoh DSN downlink scheduling on 25-Oct-01. The setup and testing at the new ftp site were successfully conducted during the week. Wallops (WFF) is expected to stay in contact until the end of W45 (9-Nov-01). 7.7 OP_FIRST_GUESS Problem The same problem as mentioned in 8.04(2) was seen and solved. 7.8 CANCEL_DSN Bug fix Not so significant bug caused by changing from Wallops to White Sands was fixed. Detail: RD_RASM procedure called in CANCEL_DSN recognizes DSN scheduling file (ex. 7dayss.w43) with string "WPS" at the first line. The string in files from White Sands is "WSC" instead of "WPS" and RD_RASM had to be modified in order to recognize "WSC". 7.9 Second-round cheking of the Y-gyro performance To check the stability of Y-gyro drift rates, another monitoring operation via ACP-SH mode is considered in W45 (starting from 5-Nov-01). The exact date will be decided next week, by consulting with solar activity/observing campaign schedules and the availability of operation supporting staffs at SSOC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Unchanged Hikitsugi Items from Previous Weeks: 8.01 DSN Pass Additions (2000-w20; modified 2001-w10) >>>>>*** DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST PASS ADDITIONS!!! ***<<<<<<< Yohkoh loses DSN passes as follows: (1) Canceled by the SSOC tohbans (2) 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 (2) could be replaced by ones from case (1). -------------- Thus it may be possible to request pass additions for the PRELIMINARY and FINAL week schedules from the [case (1)] STRAWMAN cancellations. Only request additions from the crossed out cancellations done by SSOC. The routine to use is ADD_DSN: e.g., IDL> add_dsn, 28, /prelim 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. 8.02 Weekend Terminators If possible, please schedule terminator opportunities on any weekend table (i.e., if room permits). 8.03 Software Problems PR_GEV with /hc keyword produces a temporary output file but doesn't print it at the printer. 8.04 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. Retries eventually worked. 8.05 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. 8.06 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 accommodate 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) 8.07 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. 8.08 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 (Depends on azimuth. See the map on whiteboard.) Others 7.0 8.09 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). HALCA groups operate the satellite from ISAS. SSOC tohbans must be careful to transfer OP and SXT tables in the following periods, an hour before the beginning 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 STT MAP operation in OP (2000-w42, revised at 2000-w53, 2001-w08, 2001-w24) Since 2001-w25, we will stop the daily STT MAP operation in OP. 8.11 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 occurred 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 Sirius database, while it must be done using the elements of the day nearest to the observation date. This bug 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. 8.12 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]